Supporting Miners strike 1984
Mineworkers wives march in support of the ongoing strike. One holds a placard reading, Thatcher snatched our milk now she's stealing our bread'. This was a reference to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's action as secretary of state for Education in the Conservative government of 1970-74 when she abolished free milk for schoolchildren aged between seven and eleven
Picture No
10510858
Media ID
47550320
Size
4300px x 4496px
(2.2MB)
Credit
©Marx Memorial Library/Mary Evans
Source
Marx Memorial Library
Date
20 October 1984
