The Battle of Orgreave

A not so thin blue line: 380 long and non shield officers stand ready, with mounted police behind and another 50 short shield officers held in reserve out of sight. Although a much scaled-down recreation compared with the thousands of police on duty in 1984 (forming a line up to 12 deep in places), our 4-deep cordon looked extremely imposing. 80 long shield officers, deployed in a single line, held the front of the cordon, overlapped as in reality by non-shield officers.

 Photo © Natalia Wieczorek.

Back to Orgreave picture gallery or account of the 1984 battle.

For more information about the battle and re-enactment, follow the links to:

Re-enacting the Battle of Orgreave    Account of the 1984 battle

Battle of Orgreave film review    Magazine article about the re-enactment  

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