The Great 1974 Mining Disaster

Album: Everyone Is Everybody Else (1974)
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  • The autobiography of Heath's protagonist miners' leader Joe Gormley, an old-school Labour man who was later elevated to the peerage.

Comments: 2

  • Jerry B from IrelandGreat background, thank you. I think the song’s reference to a ‘citadel’ points to David Bowie’s “Suffragette City”.
  • Silent Queue from AustraliaI would suggest that the song also refers to A Day in the Life by The Beatles.
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