One of the most compelling films ever made about British miners' strikes in the 20th century.

When British miners went on strike for fair wages in 1926, their families experienced such extreme hardship that soup kitchens were opened to prevent them from starving. Some families even had to resort to sending their children away, like wartime evacuees, to live with foster parents who could afford to feed and clothe them.

When the National Union of Miners called their members out on strike again in 1984, soup kitchens returned to the same towns, and there was a national outcry at the very idea poverty on this level could be permitted to exist in the United Kingdom.

A video celebrating northeastern women's actions during the 1984/85 Miners' Strike, produced by a Tyneside women's video collective with narration by Paula Jackson from the Ellington Support Group. The video was produced to record some of the actions and feelings of women who formed strong and effective support groups throughout County Durham and Northumberland not only to support the men on the picket lines, but also to feed their families.

The film also speaks with women who fought during the 1926 General Strike, comparing their actions then with what happened during the 1984/85 strike.