The national miners strike

Major Events of the 1984 UK Miners' Strike

  • Pit Closures Announced

  • Scargill Declares National Strike

  • Battle of Orgreave

  • Riot in Easington in Durham

  • Maltby Picket Violence

  • NACODS Vote to Strike with Miners

  • Miners Against the Strike Break Away and Form UDM

  • Strike Comes to a Formal End