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Thread #169898 Message #4174657
Posted By: GeoffLawes
15-Jun-23 - 06:35 PM
Thread Name: Any June Songs?
Subject: RE: Any June Songs?
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