

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Making Common Sense: How the 1984-85 Miners' Strike is Remembered - Free Lunchtime Talk
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 02:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: What do we think we know about the 1984–85 miners’ strike?



That the pits were uneconomic, the strike undemocratic, and the conflict simply a personal battle between Arthur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher.

This lunchtime talk, Dr Gavin Hawkton explores how these ideas became accepted as ‘common sense’ during and after the strike. Drawing on original research with journalists who reported the strike, he examines how journalistic practices, editorial decisions, and ideas of legitimacy shaped what could be said and what was dismissed. By revisiting familiar narratives and introducing overlooked perspectives, the talk shows how collective memories are formed, why they endure, and why misunderstanding the strike still matters today.

Lunchtime Talks are completely free, but spaces are limited so booking is advised.

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/carlisle/making-common-sense-how-the-1984-85-miners-strike-is-remembered-free-lunchtime-talk/200029476791325
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://tickets.tullie.org.uk/event-tickets/65287?catID=36174&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=carlisle-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Carlisle
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Tullie
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- **full address**: Tullie, Castle Street,Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Tullie (https://allevents.in/org/tullie/21071449)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tullie, Castle Street,Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Tullie
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Making Common Sense: How the 1984-85 Miners' Strike is Remembered - Free Lunchtime Talk ?
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