A State of Siege: Politics and Policing of the Coalfields : Miners' Strike 1984

ACPO action arrested Arthur Scargill asked attack ballot began Blidworth Branch campaign Centre charged Chief Constable coal coalfields Colliery constabulary Council County criminalise custody Dartford Tunnel dispute drivers face families fight fucking going grabbed happened Hemsworth High Court Home Office Home Secretary industry Inspector intimidation involved Labour large numbers Magistrates March meeting ment miners Mineworkers Nottinghamshire area Nottinghamshire miners Notts offence organised Orgreave picket line pit closures pit villages Police Committee police force police officers police station political prison propaganda pushed Rainworth realised refused road blocks role scabs Shirebrook shouting soup kitchen South Yorkshire South Yorkshire Police Special Patrol Group stopped strategy streets strikers striking miners struggle Support Unit taken Thatcher told Trade Union trade unionists tried truncheon violence wage wanted week women workers