The Miners Strike (1984-1985)
Note
"Without this support from the people of Hackney we could not have kept our families from starving.
From the bottom of my heart I thank you very much for the support you have already given us and I hope you will keep it up.
Yours fraternally
South Wales NUM”
(Taken from a letter appearing in the Hackney Herald #44 October 1984)
In July 1984, the first lorry of food parcels from Hackney people for striking families travelled to Islwyn, Gwent. By October that year, a cash fund of £25,000 was fundraised locally, food worth £15,000 had been donated, and children from Oakdale and Tredegar were given a week's holiday in Hackney. Deputy Mayor Betty Shanks arranged a Christmas appeal that delivered 175 gifts to Miners' Children in Oakdale.
Hackney Council supported the miner's fight to retain jobs, including hosting a display of political cartoons by Hackney artist Tony Hall to sell postcards to raise money for the miners.
From the bottom of my heart I thank you very much for the support you have already given us and I hope you will keep it up.
Yours fraternally
South Wales NUM”
(Taken from a letter appearing in the Hackney Herald #44 October 1984)
In July 1984, the first lorry of food parcels from Hackney people for striking families travelled to Islwyn, Gwent. By October that year, a cash fund of £25,000 was fundraised locally, food worth £15,000 had been donated, and children from Oakdale and Tredegar were given a week's holiday in Hackney. Deputy Mayor Betty Shanks arranged a Christmas appeal that delivered 175 gifts to Miners' Children in Oakdale.
Hackney Council supported the miner's fight to retain jobs, including hosting a display of political cartoons by Hackney artist Tony Hall to sell postcards to raise money for the miners.
