The Mudcat Café TM IRON HAND 18 June 1984. The Battle of Orgreave happened. It was a violent confrontation on between pickets and police officers at a British Steel Corporation (BSC) coking plant at Orgreave, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Battle of Orgreave from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Orgreave#Media_coverage Iron Hand - Dire Straits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zja63r8O2jU Link to post below by henryp , HEARTS OF COAL, also about Orgreve