Download or read book Yorkshires flying pickets in the miners strike 1984-85 The diary of striking Silverwood striking miner written by Bruce Wilson and published by Wordsworth Writing House. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Wilson's strike diary is an honest and action packed account of what it was like for five young men on picket duty during the longest most bitterest dispute in modern times. This complete unedited account with images taken on the day to compliment the day's events help to paint a better picture of what was happening. The diary contains mixed emotions throughout. It's a tragedy. heartbreaking at times & hilarious all at the same time. It's so funny even in the face of adversity, it shows real human emotions and endurance, some of the humour is off the scale. Not many diaries can portray that. The government was out to break us, "They wanted a war, they got one" We were fighting not just for our jobs and communities but for our mates down the road jobs and communities. The story of five young striking miners' who became Yorkshire flying pickets determined to stop working miners' crossing the picket lines up and down the Country. Nottinghamshire became a police state. No entry for Yorkshire striking miners' and others from other coalfields. Read about a Yorkshire miner and his wife losing a baby, "The NUM paid to bury his child" It never entered his head once to break the strike. The battles in South Yorkshire mining communities, Silverwood, Maltby, Brodsworth collieries and many more, including many entries for Orgreave from May 1984 upto and including June the 18th 1984.