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"Dirty Thirty NUM badge" [NMLH.1992.846]



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Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.846

Object Name
Badge

Title
BAGWORTH WHITWICK ELLISTOWN SOUTH LEICESTER DIRTY 30 NUM STRIKE 84/85

Place
Leicestershire; Leicester; Bagworth; Whitwick; Ellistown

Events
Miners strike 1984-85

Date
1984-1985

Description
A red and black badge featuring a large number '30' and the text "BAGWORTH WHITWICK ELLISTOWN SOUTH LEICESTER DIRTY 30 NUM STRIKE 84/85". The 'Dirty Thirty' refers to a group of Nottinghamshire miners who went on strike during the 1984-1985 miners strike despite most Nottinghamshire mining towns refusing to participate. Although they got a lot of pushback from within their communities, the wider community of striking miners rallied to support them, wearing badges such as this one in solidarity.

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