1984 Miners' Strike in Blaengarw
Events of the 1984 - 1985 coal strike and its impact on Blaengarw as a community. Remembering the use of food parcels and soup kitchens to provide food to struggling miners and their families, and splits in the community between working and striking miners that are still remembered today.
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