After a night with friends in Leicester it was the early train through frozen fields to Birmingham New Street, carting boxes of delegate materials. Near Nuneaton, silhouetted against the rising sun was the unmistakeable silhouette of colliery winding gear.
Today is 25 years since the start of the miners' strike in Yorkshire.
Today is 25 years since the start of the miners' strike in Yorkshire.
My grandfather was a pit deputy, and many members of my form and year group worked at Maltby Colliery.
It was out to Millennium Point for the TIDE~ GLOBAL LEARNING event. Up to the THINKTANK THEATRE for the conference, and to set up the GA banner and materials (which disappeared off the table in record time)
Image of Millennium Point from Flickr under Creative Commons by abrinsky - thanks !
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