Catalogue Number
NMLH.1999.34.6.3
Object Name
mug
Title
Leicestershire striking miners
Place
Leceister, Leicestershire
People
Dirty Thirty
Date
1984-1985
Description
A glass mug featuring an image of a miner pulling apart ropes that are binding him. The ropes contain words such as "greed, scab, leaders, self-interest" next to an image of a pithead and the words "Leicestershire striking miners / NUM 1984-5" The badge refers to the 'dirty thirty', a group of miners from Leicester who went out on strike despite the rest of the Leicester NUM branch refusing to strike due to the lack of a national ballot. The name started out as an insult but was later reclaimed by the men and their supporters.
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