RT @DurhamMiners: Join us for a night of comedy & politics in support of the @DurhamGala. Headlined by the legendary Mark Thomas and compe….

RT @DurhamMiners: The congratulations of the DMA go to @MattWrack on his election as General Secretary of the teachers union @NASUWT. DMA….

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The legendary Chris Smalls of the Amazon Labour Union sent a special solidarity message to the #BigMeeting last Saturday, relayed from the big screen. Here it is again, for anyone who might have missed it.

Tony Benn enjoying his first Gala in '62. He wrote: “I watched from the balcony the whole of human life go by;from tiny babies to old miners in wheelchairs. And the banners-they’re about peace & hope. It’s a tremendously moral event & there were times I had tears in my eyes”(2/2)

The great Tony Benn spoke at the Gala for the first time #OnThisDay in 1962. He fell in love with the day and returned every summer for the rest of his life. He spoke from the platform more times than anyone in the Gala’s 154-year history. (1/2)

Keir Hardie became the first leader of the Labour Party to speak at the Gala #OnThisDay in 1906. The former coal miner had been elected the party's first leader months earlier. Hardie's portrait features on several @DurhamMiners banners, inc the Heworth banner pictured.

RT @DurhamMiners: The DMA welcomes the announcement of an inquiry into the events at Orgreave. We hope this inquiry will reveal the true….

Dr @hzomlot with one of the most powerful speeches ever made at the #BigMeeting: . "I confess to you, I do sometimes struggle for hope, to see any light in this darkness, but then I see the steadfastness of my people. I hear the laughter of our children.”.

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More than 250,000 people marched through the streets of Durham. Though the war was over, hardships remained. As the Durham Advertiser reported, a shortage of beer meant “the Durham miner came sober to the Gala, and sober he went away.” . (3/4)

Attlee told the Durham miners: “You are in the highest possible degree partners with us in this great adventure of building up a new Britain.”. He was joined by Hugh Dalton (who announced family allowance), Nye Bevan, Ernest Bevin, and US Ambassador Averell Harriman. (2/4)

#OnThisDay in 1946: the #DurhamMinersGala returned after a six-year hiatus during the Second World War. Huge crowds packed the city and Clement Attlee became the first Prime Minister to address The Big Meeting. (1/4)

RT @DurhamMiners: “Put your tokens in. You did your stint. ”. Everyone at the DMA is saddened to learn of the passing of Tot Holyoak. Amo….

Nye Bevan spoke at the #DurhamMinersGala for the seventh and final time #OnThisDay in 1959. He said: “This movement is going to survive as a democracy, not as a bureaucracy”. Nye passed away ten days before the following year’s Gala, at the age of 62.

Shawcross also prosecuted William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) and pro-Nazi British fascist John Amery. He founded of the human rights organisation Justice. Shawcross (pictured at the Gala with Nye Bevan) spoke four times between 1948 and 1954. He died aged 101 in 2003. (3/3)

The MP for St Helen’s, Lancashire, from 1945 to 1958, Shawcross served as Attorney General in the Labour government under Clement Attlee. As AG he introduced Legal Aid, described as “one of the great pillars of the post war welfare state.”. (2/3).

Hartley Shawcross, the British Lead Prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, spoke at the #DurhamMinersGala for the final time #OnThisDay in 1954. In the aftermath of war, Shawcross served as Britain’s lead delegate to the United Nations. (1/3)

RT @DurhamMiners: Remembering Dave Hopper, who passed away #OnThisDay in 2016, days after his last #DurhamMinersGala. As the DMA said at….

📣 LAST CHANCE to get a limited-edition @BobandRoberta print. All proceeds support the Gala. 💥 This year's official print is only available until 5pm today, Weds 16 July. 🤝Collect some art, support the cause. 👉 Order now before the edition closes:.

RT @MattWrack: It was an honour to represent the NASUWT at the Durham Miners’ Gala yesterday. Listening to the brass band, the enthusiasm o….