135th Durham Miners’ Gala.
Tomorrow is the 135th Durham Miners’ Gala.
The annual Durham Miners’ Gala is a unique and inspiring spectacle. It is Europe’s biggest celebration of community, international solidarity, and working class culture. More than 200,000 people pack the streets of Durham to enjoy the sights and sounds of The Big Meeting. Hosted by the Durham Miners’ Association since 1871, the Big Meeting is a vibrant carnival of hope and unity. It is a living expression of the Durham Miners’ motto – ‘the past we inherit, the future we build’. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world.
Below are some photographs of last years brilliant Gala and some historic photographs taken during the miners strike.
NUM banner. Durham 2018.
Colliery band musician. Durham 2018.
East London women in support of the miners, Kent 1984.
Watching the parade of banners and bands. Durham 2018.
Liverpool Labour Councillors banner with one of the 47 Councillors who stood up to Thatcher, Tony Rimmer. Durham 2018.
Arthur Scargill. Labour Party Conference 1984.
Three generations watching the parade of banners and brass bands. Durham 2018.
‘For the many not the few’. Durham 2018.
NUM banner with Nye Bevan. Durham 2018.
Posters supporting the miners. Brick Lane Bridge, London 1984.
NUM banner with Kier Hardie, Marx and Lenin. Durham 2018.
East London meeting in support of the miners, York Hall 1984.
Justice for the Shrewsbury pickets. Durham 2018.
Women in support of the miners, London 1984.
Visitors from Liverpool enjoying the Gala. Durham 2018.
Visitors from Liverpool enjoying the Gala. Durham 2018.
Poll Tax Demo with Yorkshire Miners banner, Trafalgar Square, 1990.
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