A major yearlong exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike opens at the National Coal Mining Museum for England this week.
84/85 – The Longest Year opens on Wednesday 6 March 2024, exactly 40 years to the day since the beginning of the strike and will run until the anniversary of the end of the strike, Monday 3 March 2025.
The free exhibition focusses on the experiences of miners and their families, giving a voice to three different points of view: striking miners, those that went back early and those that didn’t strike at all.
84/85 – The Longest Year opens on Wednesday 6 March 2024, exactly 40 years to the day since the beginning of the strike and will run until the anniversary of the end of the strike, Monday 3 March 2025.
The free exhibition focusses on the experiences of miners and their families, giving a voice to three different points of view: striking miners, those that went back early and those that didn’t strike at all.
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00:00 A major year-long exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the miners' strike
00:04 opens at the National Coal Mining Museum for England this week.
00:08 The 84/85 The Longest Year opens on Wednesday 6 March, exactly 40 years to the day since
00:15 the beginning of the miners' strike and it will run until the anniversary of the end
00:19 of the strike on Monday 3 March 2025.
00:22 The free exhibition focuses on the experience of miners and their families, giving a voice
00:27 to three different viewpoints - striking miners, those that went back early and those that
00:32 didn't strike at all.
00:34 Walking through the space, visitors will uncover the story of the miners' strike from those
00:38 that experienced it with opportunities to listen to interviews, watch archive footage,
00:42 read compelling quotes, absorb powerful photography and see artefacts from 1984 and 1985.
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