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Where pickets battled with police. arthur knew to succeed he needed to win the support of other trade unions and convince all kinds of workers to join the strike. suddenly there was a cheer, a roar went up, and i looked round and coming over the hill, as far as the eye could see, were thousands of engineers tojoin us, and women leading them. what happened on the 10th of february 1972 won the strike, got miners a big pay rise and made trade union history. it also defeated the conservative governm...

About were a reality. miners and other workers in solidarity action. 12 years later, the miners were on strike again but margaret thatcher�*s government was determined there wouldn�*t be a repeat of saltley gate. first of all, in her autobiography she devotes a whole chapter to scargill�*s insurrection, and secondly, i never met thatcher. imagine that. from the second world war to today, the only prime minister that i never met was margaret thatcher. i have no regrets. margaret thatcher. i...