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Bookmark or Share- Orgreave - WikipediaOrgreave may refer to: Orgreave, South Yorkshire, a village and civil parish in England Orgreave Colliery, a former coal mine (which also supplied the Orgreave coking works) Battle of Orgreave, a violent confrontation in 1984 between police and pickets; Orgreave, Staffordshire, a hamlet in England
- Battle of Orgreave: Miners' strike violence 'orchestrated by No 10'Counsel general for Wales Mick Antoniw has called on the new Labour UK government to deliver on its promise of an inquiry into violence at Orgreave as soon as possible. The BBC has taken miners...
- Battle of Orgreave - WikipediaThe Battle of Orgreave was a violent confrontation on 18 June 1984 between pickets and officers of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other police forces, including the Metropolitan Police, at a British Steel Corporation (BSC) coking plant at Orgreave, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. [1]
- Background: 'The Battle of Orgreave' - BBCThousands of miners and police officers clashed at Orgreave coking plant as pickets attempted to stop lorry loads of coke leaving the site. The "Battle of Orgreave" was one of the most violent...
- Orgreave, South Yorkshire - WikipediaOrgreave is a village and civil parish on the River Rother in South Yorkshire. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, about 4.5 miles (7 km) east of the centre of Sheffield and a similar distance south of the centre of Rotherham. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 739. [1]
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