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UK鈥檚 鈥榃inter of Discontent鈥�
In 1979, British public sector workers went on strike over pay. Among those taking industrial action were gravediggers.
In 1979, British public sector workers went on strike over pay. Among those taking industrial action were gravediggers.
But the media, politicians and even their own families turned against them at the thought of bodies being left unburied.
Claire Bowes spoke to the gravediggers鈥� convener Ian Lowes in 2011.
(Photo: Protestors during the 'Winter of Discontent'. Credit: Getty Images)
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