Professor Keith Gildart

Labour and Social Historian; coal miner; writing mostly about histories of youth, class, coal, pop music. Remember in the end nobody wins unless everybody wins.

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#professorsofpop

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@historyrock_ Purple Rain

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Yes

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@redarmyof1 @afneil 1. Strike was 1984/5
2. It wasn’t illegal in Scotland
3. Scargill didn’t have the power to hold a national ballot as per the union rules.

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Springsteen in Washington now the long voyage back to Manchester. I hope this can get through the ship canal.

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@20th_Centurygal Elvis 68

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@historyrock_ No

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Yes

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@20th_Centurygal Pops Staples

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Prof Gildart goes to Washington. Bruce. Show #97

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@ChrisHewittLFC Nah Motty was better

[Northern Soul - Still Burning @NorthernSoulSB]

Thanks to @ProfGildart for his valuable contributions to the film.

See the film for yourself: https://t.co/dSyRKUVExk

#northernsoul #stillburning
#incinemasnow #booknow

@ScreenboundPic @munrofilms @CharlyRecs

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@afneil Major closed the last remaining coal mines in that region.

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Opening night of Northern Soul film in Manchester. Made it on to the big screen.

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@HumbleChavPunk @labour_history Still need to read this.

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Prince

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@VintageRockN_85 Elvis

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Yes

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Very nice review of the new Northern Soul film by Peter Bradshaw, a sympathetic outsider. https://t.co/6VpPKG3sXA

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Great review of new music doc In the Guardian today. I was involved in this one. https://t.co/Y6Q3mRA58K

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RT @DrJoGrady: Yesterday Kier Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel and save 2700 jobs.

The Uni of Nottingham put 2700 s…