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Kemira: Diary of a Strike (1984)

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clip Nine months later education content clip 1, 2

Original classification rating: G. This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

Nine months after the Kemira Colliery strike, Ngaire Wiltshire, wife of one of the sacked miners, explains how she believes the sacking of her husband was the main cause of their recent separation.

Curator’s notes

A glimpse of the longer-term effects of industrial action on the family of a striker.