Women in the Miners' Strike, 1984-5

This two-year project, from 2018-2020, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, has gathered oral histories with women from coalfield communities around Great Britain, to find out about their experiences during the miners' strike of 1984-5.

Click here to view our online exhibition

The project is based at UCL and the University of Reading. Our project partner is the National Coal Mining Museum for England.

On these pages, you can find information about:

Our series of community dinners at the Cynon Valley Museum
Our other public events around the country

You can find out about:

What the project involves
The project team

And you can also:

Download our educational resources
Watch our video
Register for project updates
Get in touch