Hoped | Socialist Action 1983

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CUAL NUT Saturday.

children and the Saturday shoppers.

The called by Cardiff Women Against Pit Closures was to put the case tor coal not dole. Women came from Nottingham, London, Manchester and Yorkshire to join march Carel the slogans of the miners?

'We will win' and SUUSLIC "Arthur Scargill we'll supin Cardiff OVER 1,000 women, children and NUM members marched from the Museum steps in the city centre of Cardiff to an open air rally in Sofia Gardens last The demonstration had a festive atmosphere, balloons abounded, students dressed up as clowns, and a Father Xmas band played to entertain the port you ever more'.

Uncomplementary chants about Margaret Thatcher were also extremely popular.

The rally at the end heard speeches from Anne Scargill, David Tards, Welsic actor Ray Nicholas Edwares.

Smith from the gramine Struggle, Anne Clywd MP for the Cynon Valley, the NUM and Thomas Greenham speaker and a representalve irom Les bian and Gays support the Miners group of the women from the steering committee organising the demonstration told us that the turnout was a little lower than had been hoped for. we felt the South Wales NUM could have cone more to new as wle the event. We know that it Won announced meetings in the coalfields Here Anne Thomas (centre), Against Pit Closures receive the money and food brought back to Yorkshire by Clive Hargreaves but when we asked for a room in Iransport House for refreshments creche we weren't given a positive answer until two days before the demo. We could have done with a lot more help with publicty. spokespersor pointed out that this even was sumnelning Cardiff 'There's never been a big women's ralk like this in Cardiff to my knowledge and I think the idea took some unionists by surprise overal day was successful however. The Saturday shoppers got tnt message. 'Everyone came down seemed to en joy themselves', she concluded.

The links between Women Against Pit Closures and Greenham have grown throughout the 9 month long Yvonne Clapham (standing) and Grace Burton from Barnsley Women (squatting) and Fred Clowery after they visited the