Whitehaven Riots | Cumbria Archives History Day 

Whitehaven Riots | Cumbria Archives History Day
📜 A time of social unrest: see details of the 1923 Whitehaven riots through newspaper accounts, police and court records. These were the result of a long-running coal mining strike which led to 63 people being tried
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Credit to The Whitehaven News and Cumbria Constabulary