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40 Minutes: Miners

25/11/1982

Miners

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A weekend in the lives of four Yorkshire miners. (1982)

First transmitted in 1982, this poignant documentary evokes the vanished world of life in a Yorkshire mining community.

First transmitted in 1982, four Barnsley miners escape from the harsh, subterranean world of the pit to enjoy a weekend of dancing, drinking, dog racing and caravanning. Set against the backdrop of the 1982 Falklands War and two years before the catastrophic 1984-5 miners' strike, this poignant documentary evokes the vanished world of life in a Yorkshire mining community.

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