Arthur Scargill

Arthur Scargill

Birthday: 1938-01-11

Place of Birth: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography: Arthur Scargill is a British trade unionist. He was President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002. Joining the NUM at the age of nineteen in 1957, he became one of its leading activists in the late 1960s.

Movies

It's No Joke Living in Barnsley
It's No Joke Living in Barnsley

Brian Glover meets up with locals like Arthur Scargill as he guides us round his home town....

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News from Durham
News from Durham

Combines footage of the 100th Durham Miner's Gala held in 1983, with extracts from a miners' weekend...

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The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: Not Just Tea and Sandwiches
The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: Not Just Tea and Sandwiches

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes."...

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The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: The Coal Board's Butchery
The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: The Coal Board's Butchery

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes."...

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