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| 1909 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Aug Succeeds in arbitrating a threatened coal miner's strke |
| 1920 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 18th Oct Miners walk out & make a claim for 2 shillings more per week |
| 3rd Nov The Miners return to work |
| 1925 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London A subsidy of œ10M is agreed by the Cabinet for 9 months to prepare for a coal strike |
| 1926 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| 1st May The Miners go on strike |
| 19th Nov Last day of the Miners strike, forced back on the employer's terms |
| 1972 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 9th Jan 1st day of the miners strike |
| Feb London Miners reject Wilberforce's offer & gain concessions at Downing St |
| Feb London The miners return to work |
| Feb London Wilberforce reccomends 30% to the miners, accepted by the Government, 3X the NCB offer |
| 9th Feb A state of emergency is declared |
| 10th Feb Saltley Police are forced to give way to pickets at the Saltley coke works |
| July London Pay negotiations break down, miners want 47% but are offered 10% |
| 2nd Nov London Negotiations break down |
| 2nd Nov London The TUC insist on repealing the Housing Finance & Indus trial Relations Acts |
| 1972 | Scargill, Arthur | |
| London Leads a picket which forces the closure of Saltley Coke Depot in Birmingham |
| 1974 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| Feb An error is reported in the NCB's claim miners earn +8% national average, it is -8% |
| Feb The election's main issues are the miner's strike & "who governs Britain " |
| 1974 | Wilson, James Harold | |
| 6th Mar The miners' strike is brought to an end by agreeing to their terms |
| 7th Mar London The 3 day week & the state of emergency ends |
| 1981 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 18th Feb Thatcher's Conservative Government withdraws plans to close 23 pits in its first major u-turn since coming to power 2 years ago |
| 21st Feb Miners vote in favour of a 9.3 per cent pay rise |
| 1984 | MacGregor, Ian | |
| 23rd May London Negotiations begin with the NUM |
| 23rd May London Scargill insists pitts must close on the basis of exhaustion |
| 1984 | Scargill, Arthur | |
| Jan The NUM bans overtime |
| 1st Mar Cortonwood The NCB announce closure of Cortonwood in Yorkshire sparking off the Miners Strike |
8th Mar Yorkshire The NUM National Executive supports Yorkshire & Scotland  without a national ballot |
| 12th Mar London The beginning of the Miners Strike, during the 1st day 100 pits are closed down |
| April The NUM Special Delegate Conference votes to reduce the majority needed for a strike |
| 12th April Scargill vetoes a national ballot on the miner's strike |
| 23rd May London Negotiations begin with the NCB, Scargill says only exhausted pits should close |
| 29th May Orgreave Miners & police clash at Orgreave |
| 6th Sep Kellingley Miners & police clash at Kellingley |
| 21st Sep Maltby Miners & police clash at Maltby |
| 28th Sep A Judge rules that the miner's strike is illegal |
| 14th Dec A court fines Scargill for obstruction |
| 1984 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London The government agrees a miners' redundancy deal of œ1,000 per year of service |
| Mar London Sets up a special committee to deal with the Miners Strike |
| Mar Kent The Kent NUM challenge the government's right to turn away pickets |
| Mar Kent The Kent NUM loses its case against the government |
| 5th Mar Cortonwood Cortonwood colliery strikes over closure plans |
| 15th Mar Ollerton End of the flying pickets outside Ollerton colliery |
| 7th April London London demonstration in support of the miners |
| 12th April Scargill vetoes a national ballot on the miner's strike |
| 29th May Orgreave Miners try to force the closure of the Sheffield steel plant & confront the police |
| 25th July London Walter Marshall estimates power stations can run until Nov 1985 |
| 7th Aug Yorkshire 2 Miners begin Court action against the Yorkshire NUM for striking without a ballot |
| 7th Aug Yorkshire NUM assets are sequestrated |
| 28th Sep A Judge rules that the miner's strike is illegal |
| 14th Dec A court fines Scargill for obstruction |
| 1984 | Walker, Peter | |
| London Wins his case for fighting the Miners Strike using Criminal Law rather than Civil Law |
| 1985 | Scargill, Arthur | |
| 3rd Mar The year long miner's strike is called off |
| 1985 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 5th Mar London The year long miner's strike is called off |
