Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.6
Object Name
Record
Title
'The Age of Self by Robert Wyatt. Raise your Banners High by The Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band & G.C.H.Q. Trade Unions with 7:84 Theatre Co. England'
Place
Grimethorpe
People
The Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band, Robert Wyatt, G.C.H.Q. Trade Union, 7:84 Theatre Company, Bob Davenport, Matthew Scott, John Tams, Trades Union Council (TUC)
Events
1984-85 Miners' Strike
Description
A vinyl record in a red and white sleeve with blue and white text. The cover illustration is red flags on a white background. The text reads 'The Age of Self by Robert Wyatt. Raise your Banners High by The Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band & G.C.H.Q. Trade Unions with 7:84 Theatre Co. England'.
This record was produced as a fundraiser for striking miners during the 1984-85 Miners' Strike. Grimethorpe Colliery's brass band features on the record. A coal mine having a brass band was quite common - playing in the brass band with colleagues was a good way to strengthen social bonds between workers, and colliery bands performed at community events. When the Miners' Strike ended, in many areas the colliery band accompanied the miners on their return to the pit for the first time.
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