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‘They didn’t break our spirit. They still haven’t’
The former mining community of Easington in County Durham was brutalised by police in the miners’ strike of ’84. But the locals haven’t lost their resolve – or their hope. PETER LAZENBY reports
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IT WAS Miners’ Picnic Day in Easington in Co Durham on Saturday. Hundreds gathered for a celebration with music, speakers, craft stalls, a mobile bar and face-painting for kids. Miners’ union banners were displayed proudly.
But there was another side to the celebration. Saturday was the 35th anniversary, to the day, of what could be aptly called “The Invasion of Easington.”
On August 24 1984, during the miners’ strike against pit closures, 2,500 armoured police invaded this peaceful coastal community to subdue it.
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