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Old 19-06-2015, 15:05   #40
Michael1954
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Re: Battle of Orgreave

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth View Post
In a face to face confrontation this can turn to physical violence. With 10,000 miners facing 5,000 police at Orgreave that's obviously what happened. As cashman said there was good and bad on both sides, none of it acceptable.
Which brings us back to the opening post that there should be a public inquiry. This thread only became "over excited", as you put it, when a reference was made to the Peterloo Massacre.

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