TWO SACKED Yorkshire miners occupied Littleton pit near Cannock, in Staffordshire on May 7 in protest at the pit closure programme.
Although itseif not threatened with closure, Littleton has played a leading role in miners resistance.
NUM president Arthur Scargill applauded the occupation. *The only people committing Tory government seeking to desuoy brains coal mines and a source of cheap energy for the British people he said.
A spokesperson for the exminers said they intended to stay underground for an 'indefinite period".
At the same time, seven women set up a camp outside Tory Party headquarters in Smith Square. The police persuaded them to move to Parliament Gardens near the Thames. Wolen Against Pit bosures said more women were expected to join the camp. Their aim was to highlight the government's callous attitude to miners and their communities.
One woman said, 'The Tories think they can forget about the miners. We are here to remind them that they cannot."
We have tried petitions, we have tried marching, we have been through the courts and none of it has done any good. But we will not go away and We know we have got the backwe or tre public. ve at to de here for a very long time said
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