voices of 74: strike 2/4
As the strike took hold, ordinary citizens, right across Northern Irish society had to deal with the inevitable fallout from the stoppage. The following testimonies focus on the emergence of a certain communal solidarity, the central role of women, as well as how the strike was experienced in rural communities and within the nationalism population.
'We were cooking out in the yard. There was a sort of a blitz mentality, I suppose, you know, people sharing and some guy going off and getting a crate of milk and helping the rest of the street out, especially if there were kids in the house.'
Danny Morrison