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'It was hard " but there was lots of laughter': women's stories of the miners' strike told on tour by Aneesa Ahmed

Forty years on from the battle to save Britain's pits, a revival of Boff Whalley's drama We're Not Going Back honours women's contribution Ten years ago, Boff Whalley created a play for Red Ladder theatre company about the role of women in the 1984-85 miners' strike. "We said 'tell us your stories'," he explains, as he recalls meeting the women who inspired the drama. "Invariably those meetings weren't grim affairs. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM on March 12, 2024

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