Images Of The Past: The Miners’
Strike is a largely-pictorial record of the
untold story of life at the sharp end in the
pit villages. The black and white pictures
by Jenkinson, official photographer for
The Yorkshire Miner (who tragically died
of cancer two years ago) capture
poignantly the joy, the tears, the police
violence, the suffering and the self-help
society of the mining communities. It
brought tears to these old eyes.
Martin’s extensive image library of the labour movement is being managed by his daughter Justine. He collected graphic evidence of what life was actually like on the picket line, in the soup kitchens and on the dolorous day of the return to work. My favourite is a grainy shot of a commemorative march in the snow in Moorthorpe to the two pickets who lost their lives, David Jones and Joe Green.
But all the pictures are enlightening and the story of the strike is told intelligently and with passion by Metcalf and Harvey. If you want to know about the miners, buy this book.
Martin’s extensive image library of the labour movement is being managed by his daughter Justine. He collected graphic evidence of what life was actually like on the picket line, in the soup kitchens and on the dolorous day of the return to work. My favourite is a grainy shot of a commemorative march in the snow in Moorthorpe to the two pickets who lost their lives, David Jones and Joe Green.
But all the pictures are enlightening and the story of the strike is told intelligently and with passion by Metcalf and Harvey. If you want to know about the miners, buy this book.
Images of the Past - THE MINERS’ STRIKE
Martin Jenkinson, Mark Harvey and Mark Metcalf
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