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Your introduction to the Durham Miners’ Gala
PETER FROST has some advice for those planning a first-time visit to the Big Meeting in Durham this weekend
THE Tory Party since Margaret Thatcher may have murdered the British coalmining industry but it never managed to kill the spirit and culture of our mining communities.
Nowhere is this better demonstrated than at the Durham Miners’ Gala — the Big Meeting held in Durham each July.
This year marks 150 years since the first Gala and this year’s event is the 135th Gala.
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