University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives

Ref: MS 248, MS 298

Title: Bradley Documents

Scope: Documents relating to the Great Strike of 1984-1985 collected by Andre and Phyllis Bradley, plus working documents from specific mines

Dates: 1865-1995 Level: Fonds Extent: 34 boxes Name of creator: Andre and Phyllis Bradley

Administrative / biographical history: The collection consists of documents relating to the Great Strike of 1984-1985, including newspaper cuttings, posters, pamphlets, photographs and correspondence, as well as working papers from specific mines, minutes, leaflets and conference reports.

Andre Bradley and his wife Phyllis were involved in the Great Strike in the North Derbyshire area, and collected a range of publications and other documents, including material relating to the activities of women’s support groups.

Related collections: Feickert Papers; Glyn Documents; National Union of Mineworkers Energy Research Archive; National Union of Mineworkers (Yorkshire) Minutes Source: By donation in December 1999 and September 2003 System of arrangement: By category

Subjects: Coal mines and mining – England; Coal Strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985 Names: Bradley, Andre; Bradley, Phyllis

Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment Restrictions: None Copyright: Variously according to document

Finding aids: Listed

Coal Mining Papers BRADLEY DOCUMENTS (MS 248, 298)

There are three sections to this material:

B1 A small personal collection of miscellanea relating to the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85, in which Andre and Phyllis Bradley were involved in the North Derbyshire area, including photographs and letters, together with some posters, pamphlets and news-cuttings. Some material relates to activities of Women’s support groups. This section is listed below.

B2 Newspapers, including special publications, relating to the Strike and to the coal industry more generally, collected by the Bradleys. The most substantial collections are of The Guardian and Morning Star; other titles included may consist of occasional or even single copies. This section is listed below.

B3 Later collection of material deposited by Andre Bradley, including working documents from Ireland and Markham Collieries, minutes, pamphlets and leaflets, conference reports, newspapers and cuttings.

B1 Miscellanea

A Pamphlets Box 1 1. National Union of Mineworkers, Coal not dole (1984) 2. London Labour Women, Here we go: an entertainment in celebration of Women Against Pit Closures (1984) 3. Arthur Scargill, Miners in the eighties (1981) 4. Society of Graphical and Allied Trades ‘82, SOGAT and the Miners’ Dispute (1984)

B Posters Box 1 18 posters, plus 3 partial sheets of “Cole not Dole” stickers and 1 partial sheet of “Dig Deep for the Miners” stickers

C Photographs Box 2 30 photographs (pickets at Whitwell, Bolsover; Clowne & Barlborough Women’s Action Group)

D Personal documents Box 2 1. “Victory to the Miners” placard 2. Christmas cards a) “Jingle bells” (Notts Central Strike Fund) b) “Solidarity this Christmas” (Rotherham Support Group in aid of South Yorkshire sacked miners” c) “You’ve not been forgotten” (North West Miners Defence Campaign) 7 copies 3. Newspaper cuttings relating to Andre Bradley’s conviction and imprisonment, August 1984. 2 sheets

4. Correspondence 21 letters, 19 May 1984 to 18 Feb 1985

5. Personal items a) Higher Purchase repayment book, 1985-1986 b) Giro for 79p. annotated “First payment of strike” c) Documents relating to Social security Appeal Tribunal, June-Sept 1984 d) Lists of names in receipt of donations and food parcels

E File of documents relating to events and activities during the Strike Box 3 73 documents, including newsletters, fliers, press cuttings, circulars from the NCB and NUM, Ms. & Ts. notes on experiences during the Strike

F News-cuttings Box 4 87 news-cuttings from the years 1977 to 1994, e.g. from Daily Mirror, Derbyshire Times, Guardian, Morning Star, Sun, Worksop Trader, Yorkshire Evening Post,

B2 Newspapers

Coal News: newspaper of British mining industry Box 5 1979 Jun; 1980 Feb; 1983 Apr; 1984 Dec; 1985 Aug; 1987 Jun; 1988 Nov, Dec; 1989 Jan-Dec; 1990 Jan, Apr-May, Jly-Sep, Nov-Dec; 1991 Jan-Apr, Jly, Oct; 1992 Jan, Oct; 1994 Mar

Daily Mirror Box 6 1984 May 28

Derbyshire Insight: a Derbyshire County Council publication Box 6 1984 Oct

Derbyshire Times Box 7 1984 May 18,25; Jun 8,22; Jly 6,13,20,27; Aug 3,10,17,31; Sep 7,14,28; Oct 5,12,19,26; Nov 2,16,23,30; Dec 7,14,21,28; 1985 Jan 4

Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!: anti-imperialist paper of the Revolutionary Communist Group Box 6 1984 Sep; Oct

Guardian, The Boxes 8-18 1984 10 May - 31 Dec; 1985 2 Jan -27 Mar

Labour Weekly: Labour’s own newspaper Box 6 1984 Aug 17; Nov 9; 1985 Jan 11

Leader, The [Eckington]: your free community newspaper Box 6 1984 Nov 1

Leninist, The: monthly paper of the Leninists of the Communist Party of Great Britain

1985 Jan (Special supplement) Box 6

Locomotive Journal: voice of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen 1982 Jly (Special strike edition) Box 6 Mancunion: Manchester University Students’ Union newspaper Box 6 1984 Oct 3,10,17

Militant: the Marxist paper for labour and youth Box 19 1982 Jun 18; 1983 Nov 11; 1984 Jan 6, 2,9,30; Mar 9,30; May 4,11,18,25; Jun 1,15,22,29; Jly 13,20,27; Aug 3,10,17.31; Sep 7,14,21,28; Oct 12,19,26; Nov 2,30; Dec 14; 1985 Mar 8 “Militant Miner”, 29

Miner: journal of the National Union of Mineworkers Box 20 1982 May/Jun, Jun/Jly; 1984 Mar 26; Apr 2,9; May 21; Jun 2,15,30; Jly 14,31; Aug 17, 31; Sep 21; Oct 12; Nov 2,12,21; Dec 17; 1985 Jan 17, Feb 25; Mar 7; Apr; 1987 Jun, Dec; 1989 Mar, Aug; 1991 Oct

Miners Vanguard: Marxist-Leninist voice in the mines Box 6 1985 Feb/Mar

Mineworker: journal of the National Miners' Broad Left Box 20 (1987) no. 1

Morning Star Boxes 21-24 1984 May 17 - Dec; 1985 Jan 3 - Mar 27; 1986 Sep 24; 1988 Mar 4,13; May 2,25; Jun 19,20,22; Jly 4,15,17; Oct 2-7,17,25

Morning Telegraph [Sheffield] Box 6 1984 May 10

News Line, The Box 6 1984 Apr 30; Jun 8; 1985 Jan 17-19; Feb 2; Jun 17-18; Jly 5

News on Sunday Box 6 1987 Jun 7

North Derbyshire Guardian Box 6 1984 Aug 10,24,31

North East Derbyshire News: the District Council’s official free newspaper Box 6 1984 Jun, Dec; 1987 Aug (Special supplement)

Nottinghamshire Miner, The: newspaper of the Nottingham Area of the National Union of Mineworkers Box 25 1985 April no. 3 part 1; May no.3 part 2

Notts Collier, The Box 25 1985 May Our Town: published by Chesterfield Borough Council Box 25 1991 Dec

Right of Reply Special!: produced by workers at the News of the World and Sun Box 25 1984 Sep

Scottish Miner: journal of the Scottish Area National Union of Mineworkers Box 25 1984 Apr

Socialist Worker Box 25 1984 Aug 11; Nov 17; Dec 7,15,22; 1985 Jan 19, Mar 9

Soviet Weekly Box 25 1985 Apr 6

Spartacist Britain Box 25 1984 Jly 16

Star, The [Sheffield] Box 25 1984 Jun 18

Sunderland Miners’ Voice, The Box 25 1984 May 1

T & G Record: monthly paper of the TGWU... Box 25 1984 Jly

Voice of the Unions: for rank and file trade unionists Box 25 1984 Jly/Aug

Workers Hammer Box 25 1985 Jan

Worksop Trader Box 25 1984 May 9; Jun 13,20; 1985 Feb 6,20; 1990 Dec 12; 1991 Feb 6; Dec 18; 1992 Oct 14; 1993 Jan 13

Yorkshire Evening Post Box 25 1984 Jun 16

Yorkshire Miner Box 26 1984 Jun, Jly, Sep, Nov, Dec, Xmas; 1985 Feb, May; 1989 Feb; 1991 Nov; 1992 Feb, Jun, Aug

B3 Bradley II

A Minutes Minutes of North Derbyshire Area Council and Executive Committee meetings, July 1981-May 1988 Box 27

B Working documents 1. Colliery Overman’s Shift Report Book, Markham, Piper Seam, Days 31/3/91- Noons 12/4/91 2. Colliery Overman’s Shift Report Book, Markham, Piper Seam, Twilight 12/4/91-Days 25/4/91 3. Markham Control Room Memorandum Book, 21/9/81-29/1/82 4. Shift Chargemen’s Report Book, Ireland, 10/3/86-20/4/86 5. Shift Chargemen’s Report Book, Ireland, 21/4/86-11/6/86 6. Shift Chargemen’s Report Book, Ireland, 12/6/86-23/6/86 Box 28 7. Shift ledger, Ireland 220, Feb-Jun 1944 8. Shift ledger, Ireland 217, Jun-Nov 1949 9. Shift ledger, Ireland, 17/5/85-27/12/85 10. NUM Ireland Colliery Branch Minute Book, May 1970-June 1974 11. 5 engineering and architectural drawings, Shirebrook, Abernant, Ireland, NUM Chesterfield offices Box 29 12. NCB P.I./1968/4 Means of egress report forms book (blank) 13. NCB Inspection of fire fighting equipment report book (blank) 14. NCB Daily record of detonators.... (blank) 15. NCB Daily record of explosive powder... (blank) 16. Extracts from Stavely Company Reports, 1865-1892 17. Correspondence re. fund raising for sacked miners’ families, 1986 18. Correspondence re. Keetons Strike fund raising, 1986 19. Mineworkers’ grade rates, 1986 20. NCB North Derbyshire Area Maintenance Improvement Project, Ireland Colliery meeting, 19/1/83. Minutes Box 30

C Pamphlets, leaflets, etc. 50 pamphlets, leaflets, reports, and one audiocassette (“The voice of democratic socialism: Arthur Scargill and others”) Box 31

32 pamphlets, leaflets, reports

D NUM Annual Conference Reports For the years 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976 Box 32 For the years 1977-1983 Box 33

E Newspapers and cuttings Various, from 1985 to 1995, including Coal News, Derby Evening Telegraph, Derbyshire Times, Guardian, The Miner, News Line, Northern Echo, Scottish Miner, Yorkshire Miner, Yorkshire Evening Post Box 34