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The miners' strike lasted a year and was one of the longest and possibly most damaging industrial disputes ever seen in Britain.

The strike only began to crumble when the NCB offered miners various pay incentives to return to work before Christmas.

On 3 March 1985, the NUM's executive narrowly voted for a return to work.

Sir Ian MacGregor died of a heart attack in 1998. Former prime minister, Baroness Thatcher, led the tributes for his contribution to British industry.

Arthur Scargill finally retired as NUM president in 2002. Figures for 2002 show there were just 13 deep coal mines in the country where once there were 170 and the once mighty NUM now has a membership of 5,000 when once most of the country's 187,000 miners were members.

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