Orgreave 40th anniversary march and rally in Sheffield

A rally was held in Sheffield to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 'Battle of Orgreave' and celebrating the Miners' Strike of 1984.

Transcript

00:00listen to it how do you feel about being here today

00:18i've told you sorry i've told you

00:22and how do you feel about being a hero to so many people all this time even today

00:30i don't mind you you don't mind

00:38the future behavior of the state and public officials

00:41it was a complete and utter um i mean i would talk about a riot at the end of it the beginning part

00:47uh very early in the morning when the police came out and stormed us it was a free for all

00:52on behalf of the police i mean they battened everybody that they could see um i myself was

00:58hit in the face i still got a scar on my right lip from where i was hitting the face

01:02i mean they went absolutely rampant

01:16i would love to think the police have changed and i think in many maybe in many instances

01:30they have um or some people have acknowledgement an apology what is important to our campaign is

01:38that due to the aging health of many miners we quickly secure a public acknowledgement of why

01:45and what the state does to the miners of that community