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Matt Trinder talks to Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM about the 2023 Durham Miners’ Gala, taking place this weekend
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary Alan Mardghum
DR DAVID GORDON SCOTT tells the story of the North Sands Massacre, Sunderland, as part of the ongoing work of remembrance of those killed by soldiers during the 1825 Seafarers Strike and the bicentennial commemorations on Sunday August 3
MATT KERR charts his bike-riding odyssey in aid of the Royal Marsden charity and CWU Humanitarian Aid
JOHN CALLOW tells of the rise, fall and rise again of a young martyr to the early French republic, Joseph Bara, whose short life was elevated by Robespierre and, later, others for its emotional and ideological appeal
April 9 1928 – July 26 2025
OLIVER SNELLING, a south London stonecarver and yeoman stonemason, relates how he is helping bring about a new festival next month
“I CAN’T understand why anyone wouldn’t be in a union, but I was brought up in a culture of trade unionism. Kids today are not. You’ve got zero-hour contracts, you’ve got workplaces that are not the same as they used to be in the pits or the shipyards, where industrial communities used to socialise together.
“We need to get back to the grassroots and explain why we’re stronger together. If you’re not in a union, join a union — rise up!”
Rise up is a very appropriate theme for this weekend’s Durham Miners’ Gala, which barring world wars and pandemics, has hit the streets of the city in England’s north-east every 12 months for more than 150 years.
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