'We called a meeting for the next day to find out who would go. 100 women turned up! it was unbelievable, especially given the short notice. All the women there were realIv keen to carry the idea right through.
'We contacted Betteshanger stone, the other iwo Kent pits, and a women on those areas joined us.
*Saturday was a terrible day. the weather was awful. was disan pointed that morning as !
one would was sure turn up. I was hoping and praving would as knew that the Press would be there and I wanted it he really successful. But nev all ruined out Songs 'We had decided that we wanted the march to he OlIV march with no men. real The DOLCAL press had already heen asking many pickets we'd brought with We'd decided that the miners who were there should stand aside cheer us along. Our miners had agreed to this.
but wnen we we. found that some oiner were there, like the Young they wanted to join in. We decided it would he too difficult to try and stop them so in the end our miners marched as well.
*Some women came cown irom join us and so we marched and singing our songs. meant whole areas being closed down with no jobs for anyone in the future. Press *I think it is really important that women get involved with the strike. For 100 long the women have sat back ana thougni had nothing to do with whole future of their amnes barsake 'When we started out this village everyone agreed about what was going But since the women have been meeting we've all come to STAR the same conclusion, and it's going to he a ioint effort We had a committee 1974 but it was small and thing. At the time it was mainlv some of the wive! with young children who weren't working. had young children then. Now it's different, we are older. Miners wives in Coalville make their point SMiroRr