British brass band marches on with miners’ legacy, 40 years after milestone strike
Memories of the U.K.’s once-mighty mining industry are fading but 40 years after an epoch-defining strike, Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band still embodies the close ties that once bound the community. “It’s like the band, when times are hard, we stick together,” said Ray Sykes, chairman of the year-long 1984-85 strike, from the practice hall…
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