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Memorial service for dead Markham Main miners

Image caption, The names and ages of all 87 men who died at Markham Main Colliery were read out during the service A memorial service to remember 87 miners who died while working at a South Yorkshire ...
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'I refuse to call it a defeat' - 1984 miners' strike oral history

Trevor Barnard, electrician at Markham Main: "It was hard, I mean it was like living back in the 1800s where you scrimped and scraped. You tried to save on everything you could." Jackie Keating: "To ...
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1. The iron ladies

Aggie Curry is married to a miner in the village of Armthorpe. When the strike affected Markham Main Colliery she fought on the picket lines and has the scars to prove it. Aggie still believes the ...
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Memorial service for dead Markham Main miners

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