Miner damage demonstration
7th November 1991, Page 29
7th November 1991
Page 29
Page 29, 7th November 1991
— Miner damage demonstration
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iners' leader Arthur Scargill and the police are still bumping into each other after all these years While the NUM boss was addressing a meeting at Kellingley, West Yorks, a police mobile exhibition centre apparently backed into his Vauxhall Senator.
Local miners' branch secretary Bill Doughty describes seeing a "huge police vehicle" and joking that it was a "taxi for Arthur." Scargill, who did not spot the damage until he got home, was not amused and complained to West Yorkshire police who are questioning the driver about the alleged damage.
The exhibition vehicle was taking part in a fund-raising event for Pontefract Hospital — perhaps it was a how-not-to demonstration on police driving.