@EPWebber

Historian & author. Knows more about coal mining than most mums on the playground. Rep'd by the lovely @KayPeddle. MINING MEN out Feb 2025 @ChattoBooks

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#OnThisDay 1984. @LGSMpride Pits and Perverts gig takes place.
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The Clash played a benefit concert in support of striking miners 40 years ago today. 
The gig - billed as ’Scargill’s Christmas Party’ was held at the Brixton Academy, London, on 7 December 1984.
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The Durham Miners' Association was founded #OnThisDay in 1869. Pictured is the first generation of the union’s leaders. Within three years of its founding, the DMA had secured the abolition of the detested system of bonded labour and had created the @DurhamGala. 🧵 (1/4)
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My March #nonfiction Editor's Choices in this week's @thebookseller are by @Moudhy @omarelakkad @LissaKEvans @AdamJFarrer @helen__jukes Sophy Roberts @junesarpong & Jennifer Obidike @mrmarksteel @adellestripe @EPWebber
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Ian Lavery
@IanLaveryMP30 Oct 2024
Great to have the excellent @orgreavejustice campaign in Parliament today. The wait for justice has been far too long. #fullinquirynow
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Justice for Retired Miners in today's budget. After years of campaigning the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Investment Reserve Fund will be transferred giving retired miners & widows the pension justice they deserve. This is a huge win for our coalfield communities.#PensionJustice ⚖️
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Wonderful to see @durhamcathedral adorned with miners banners from across the coalfield. The ‘Solidarity Forever’ exhibition opened today, marking 40 years since the Miners' Strike. It runs until November 7. Here's a selection of the banners on display… (1/11)
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Remembering #Aberfan 58 years on. ⏰ 21.10.1966 144 9.13AM, is made from concrete and corten steel. It contains 144 clocks – the same number of adults and children who died when a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and Pantglas Junior School. Thread ⬇️
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Please read our latest report about the urgent need for an #OrgreaveInquiry otjc.org.uk/orgreave-truth-a… Email the Home Secretary: [email protected] [email protected] & your MP. Find your MP here: members.parliament.uk/member… Draft email here: otjc.org.uk/write-to-the-hom…
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A few minutes ago, Unit 4 turbo-generator at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station desynced from the GB grid system, marking the END of electricity generation from COAL after 142 years 🇬🇧🙏🏻 @RobBurnett92 and I present a 🪡🧵on the evolution of coal fired power from 1882 to today 1/n
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Ash Sarkar
@AyoCaesar8 Aug 2024
"I'm proud to be working class, and I'm proud to be anti-racist working class as well!" Love this woman - interviewed by @novaramedia in Barnsley today ❤️
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Former miners have described the unveiling of their first new banner in more than 20 years as a "proud day" for history and their village. bbc.in/3WlMKJD

County Durham miners 'proud' as new banner unveiled

Wheatley Hill's former miners describe a "proud" day as the village's new banner is revealed.

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BBC gets it wrong again! Miners threw stones in response to the police cavalry charge not the other way round. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpv3…

Battle of Orgreave: Miners' strike violence 'orchestrated by No 10'

The Welsh government's top lawyer says Downing Street wanted the miners to get "a good beating".

bbc.co.uk
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Led By Donkeys@ByDonkeys4 Jul 2024
Vote Them Out
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On this day 63 years ago, an underground explosion at the Six Bells Colliery killed 45 miners. This statue honours their memory as well as the courage of every mining community.
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Busy day delivering our new #OrgreaveInquiry Report by hand & by email to the Home Office & political parties. You can download & read our report here otjc.org.uk/orgreave-truth-a…
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Today 18 June 2024 we will hand deliver our new report to the Home Office & the major political parties on the 40th anniversary of the police riot at Orgreave 18 June 1984. You can download our #OrgreaveJustice #OrgreaveInquiry Report here: otjc.org.uk/orgreave-truth-a…
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“We were striking for the right to work….We need an official investigation into what the Tory government planned & what the police were told to do & allowed to get away with” otjc.org.uk/orgreave-rally-m…
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A privilege to be at the launch of Bolton Museum’s new exhibition - Class of 1937 & 2023 - and the MO trail designed by students from Ladybridge High. Bolton’s young people, teachers, and museum professionals are a total joy to work with. @boltonLMS @ihr_history @MassObsArchive
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In the dark welsh valley,  On the mountain side,  Lay the little children  Close to where they died.  Their little lives are ended  Before they reach their goal,  Tender little children  Have paid the price of coal.  We will never forget - Aberfan 21-10-66 #AberfanDisaster
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