Witness History: Archive 2011 - The Winter of Discontent

In 1979 British public sector workers went on strike over pay.

Among those taking industrial action were grave-diggers.

But the media, politicians, and even their own families turned against them at the thought of bodies being left unburied.

Published on Wednesday, 30th November 2011.

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