Joe Solo to play Durham Miners Gala 2024

Singer songwriter Joe Solo will perform at the 2024 Durham Miners Gala. The musician and activist will sing for the Gala crowds after first marching through the city with Yorkshire’s Hatfield Brigade.

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Gala 2024 to mark strike anniversary - platform speakers announced

The 2024 Durham Miners Gala will mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners Strike, organisers have said. The Durham Miners Association (DMA) has also announced its line up of platform speakers for the 138th Big Meeting.

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Free entry to footie for former mine workers

Former mineworkers are invited to attend for free Ashington AFC’s home game this Saturday, April 13.The club is making the offer to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1984-85 Miners Strike. The opposition is Grantham Town.

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Durham Miners pay tribute to LGSM founder Dave Lewis

Everyone at the DMA was saddened to learn of the passing of Dave Lewis.

Dave was a founder of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), campaigning and raising funds throughout and beyond the 1984-85 strike.

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DMA remembers Louis Tikas

In early October, a wreath was laid on behalf of the Durham Miners Association (DMA) by Graeme Atkinson in Rethymno on the Greek island of Crete in memory of the martyred US miners’ leader, Louis Tikas, who was born there in 1886.

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Official film of the 2023 Durham Miners Gala to premiere

The official film of the 2023 Durham Miners Gala will premiere online on Monday 20 November at 7pm.

 

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Standing room only as Ken Loach speaks at the Thomas Hepburn Memorial Service

There was standing room only as people remembered Thomas Hepburn, founder of the first miners trade union on Saturday (October 14).

And filmmaker Ken Loach received a standing ovation for his address drawing learning and inspiration from Tommy’s life.

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Appeal for strike support groups banners

An appeal has been launched to trace Durham’s miners’ support group banners from the 1984-85 strike.

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MP calls for UK wide Miners' Strike pardons law

Easington MP Grahame Morris has called on the Government to extend the legislation providing pardons for miners wrongly convicted during the 1984-85 strike across the UK.

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Blue plaque for DMA founder

A blue plaque has been unveiled on a house once lived in by one of the founding members of the Durham Miners Association (DMA).

It isn’t clear how long John Forman lived at 16 Mowbray Street, though evidence suggests it was from 1882.

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