Thirty-five years after the start of one of the most divisive industrial strikes in British history, an ex-miner has staged his annual pilgrimage at the site of the former Frances Colliery. Did you ...

THE last lump of coal has been burned at Longannet power station in Fife. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium ...

Ronnie Stuart, an ex-miner, shares his personal memories of the Miners' Strike in Fife. I started working with the NCB as an apprentice mechanical engineer in August 1968. I completed my ...

Men from Polmaise colliery had already gone out because their pit was one of the first on the list. The Polmaise strikers converged on a meeting of Scottish miners' leaders in Edinburgh trying to ...