A FILM recording the experiences of former miners during and after the 1984-85 strike began shooting on Saturday.

The team making the documentary for the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign heard emotional accounts from witnesses at the National Union of Mineworkers headquarters in Barnsley.

Among those who took part was Anne Scargill, co-founder of the Women Against Pit Closures movement.

Also involved was Sid Lindley, 81, who was buried in a roof fall at Wharncliffe colliery in South Yorkshire. He was in hospital for 12 weeks and received physiotherapy for months.

He recalled the march back to work after the strike.

Mr Lindley said: “We were down. We were beaten. As we marched past the miners’ welfare, there were two or three women standing outside. One of them shouted: ‘Get your fucking heads up! You’ve done nothing to be ashamed of.’

“It was very emotional. Every time I think about it, I still well up.”