{"product_id":"9781803994659-from-a-rock-to-a-hard-place","title":"From a Rock to a Hard Place","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 1984\/85 Miners' Strike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful book collating memories of the Miners’ Strike, encompassing pickets, collieries and communities, forty years on\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy the end of the notorious 1984\/85 miners’ strike many wanted to forget their painful experiences. Many years on people are ready to look back and talk about what happened in Britain during this defining moment of industrial action.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this new and updated edition, Beverley Trounce, who worked in a pit village and whose father was a miner, delivers a candid account of this heroic struggle through the voices of people directly affected by the strike. Her research and contributions from ex-striking miners and activists cover the pickets, the collieries, the matter of simple survival through the extreme and grinding poverty of the time, the effects on the women and children involved and the wider community, as well as the aftermath and what its legacy means to people today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom a Rock to a Hard Place\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful and moving record of a divisive moment in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41271051321441,"sku":"9781803994659","price":9.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30144174.jpg?v=1726731961","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781803994659-from-a-rock-to-a-hard-place","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}