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Miners' banners on display in ‘Solidarity Forever’ exhibition
Banners on display at Durham Cathedral
[Neil Terry Photography]
BANNERS from pit union lodges of the Durham coalfield are being displayed in the splendour of Durham Cathedral in a “Solidarity Forever” exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike against pit closures of 1984-5.
The cathedral has an association with the coal mining industry dating from the early 1800s.
The exhibition is being staged in collaboration with the Durham Mining Communities Banner Groups Association.
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