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Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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In 1984, a small group of metropolitan homosexual men and lesbian women stepped away from the vibrant culture and hedonism of London's defiant gay scene to befriend and support the beleaguered villages of a very traditional mining community in the remote valleys of South Wales. They did so in the midst of the 1984 miners' strike - the most bitter and divisive dispute for more than half a century, and in one of the most turbulent periods in modern British history. In the 1980s Margaret Thatcher's hardcore social and fiscal policies devastated Britain's traditional industries, and at the same time, AIDS began to claim lives across the nation. At the very height of this perfect storm, as the government and police battled 'the enemy within' in communities across the land and newspapers whipped up fear of the gay 'perverts' who were supposedly responsible for inflicting this lethal new pestilence upon the entire population, two groups who ostensibly had nothing in common - miners and homosexuals - unexpectedly made a stand together and forged a lasting friendship. It was an alliance which helped keep an entire valley clothed and fed during the darkest months of the strike. And it led directly to a long-overdue acceptance by trades unions and the Labour Party that homosexual equality was a cause to be championed. Pride tells the inspiring true story of how two very different communities - each struggling to overcome its own bitter internal arguments and long-established fault lines, as well as facing the power of a hostile government and press found common cause against overwhelming odds. And how this one simple but unlikely act of friendship would, in time, help change life in Britain - forever.
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nanuska_153
nanuska_153
Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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My baby enjoying Pride in Dublin 🏳️‍🌈

Jari-chan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 2w
Deblovestoread Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 2w
nanuska_153 @Jari-chan @Deblovestoread Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 2w
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Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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https://youtu.be/HEODApLvLgs

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Leniverse
Leniverse
Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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My #bookhaul from yesterday's London #bookshopcrawl with @squirrelbrain @Oryx @LeeRHarry and @scripturient

Some of these were planned, others were total impulse buys. Some are gifts for the fam.
Books bought at Waterstones, Foyles, Daunt, and Gay's the Word. (And I lost my self control almost completely in Foyles. If we hadn't been on a schedule I might have ended up with twice as many books (and possibly a fraud check-up from my bank) 😅)

Oryx Lovely stack. Foyles' best customer yesterday 😁 3y
merelybookish It looked like such a fun day! And what a stack! 3y
Leniverse @Oryx @merelybookish 7 books and a very sturdy tote bag from Foyles. I winced when it was totalled up, and the book seller jokingly said he hoped I hadn't come in for just one book. 😂 I assured him that I'd come to London for the express purpose of buying lots of books. 3y
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BarbaraBB Quite the stack 😍 3y
squirrelbrain You win the prize for the biggest stack! 3y
batsy What a stack! I'm totally drawn to that Ransome spine. 3y
Leniverse @batsy They're great! My 11 y/old has four of them already with that cover so I got him one he hasn't read yet for his collection. 3y
LeeRHarry Stack of the day! 😆 3y
LeahBergen What a haul! 3y
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Lissy1
Lissy1
Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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I cannot recommend this book enough! It‘s so informative and written in such an amazing way that makes it very easy to read. The story is a true story about how a Lesbian and Gay group helped a mining community in wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 during a strike in the 1980‘s. One thing I really liked about this book is that the politics wasn‘t all one sided. It was about 80/20, but still more than you‘d usually get
5 stars ✨
#book #books #review #bookreview

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Lissy1
Lissy1
Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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I‘m so glad I finally got round to reading this. Such an amazing informative read and makes me want to watch the movie again now. Review to follow
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#book #books #bookshelf #bookly #read #reading #pride #timtate #stats #statistics #bookstats #readingstats #bookstatistics

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PaperbackPirate
PaperbackPirate
Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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Pickpick

🌈 Today‘s #JulyJourneys prompt is #London, which reminded me that I never posted my review for Pride last month.
🌈 It‘s a great true story told interview style about how the gay and lesbian community from London supported the miners in Wales during their 1984 strike. I definitely need to watch the movie now!
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈
Thanks for asking @Eggs and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks !

charl08 It also pops up in the Rev Richard Coles autobio (briefly)
[tagged book]Fathomless Riches: Or How I Went From Pop to Pulpit
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nanuska_153 The movie is great ♥️ 4y
quietjenn Didn't realize there was a book, but I very much enjoyed the movie! 4y
PaperbackPirate @charl08 Thanks for the tip! What an interesting piece of history! 4y
PaperbackPirate @nanuska_153 & @quietjenn Good to know the movie is a winner too! 💙 4y
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PaperbackPirate
PaperbackPirate
Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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Today‘s #JulyJourneys prompt is #JuneStats.
I had a great reading month, finishing 6 books. And I liked them all!
Thank you for asking @Eggs and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks !
#Bookly

Eggs 👏🏻📚💗👍🏼 4y
PaperbackPirate @Eggs 🙌💙📚 4y
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PaperbackPirate
PaperbackPirate
Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate
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Here‘s my June #TBR!
🐢Tonight I finally finished The Dark Tower by Stephen King!
🏳️‍🌈 tagged for Pride Month!
💙 A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib for book club
💍 The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
🐎 Reining in Murder by Leigh Hearon

📚 #MonthlyKeyWordGXO challenge:
👑 The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley
😇 The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman
👀 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Thurston
🧙🏻 The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

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