We love the new film Pride, which tells the true story of how members of the London LBGT community formed the group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners to deliver funds and solidarity to a Welsh mining community during the 1984/85 miners’ strike.

For those interested in the events of the miners’ strike and the many groups that were formed in solidarity with the miners, the TUC Library contains a substantial collection of leaflets, posters, badges, stickers and other ephemera relating to the dispute.

We also have material relating to the history of the strike, its causes and its development, from the NUM, the government, the TUC, the police and the media. You can see some other leaflets and posters from the strike on our history website here, here and here.

The library also contains an extensive collection covering the history of the LGBT rights movement and similar social movements for equality. You can see a guide to our LGBT collections here.

To find out more visit londonmet.ac.uk/tuc or contact us at tuclib@londonmet.ac.uk or 020 7133 3726

A small selection of material the TUC Library holds from numerous miners’ strike support groups