Chris Butcher was miner at the Bevercotes Colliery who during the

UK miners' strike (1984–85) The miners' strike of 1984–1985 was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent colliery closures. It was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) against the National Coal Bo ...

actively campaigned against the strike. Due to prematurely grey hair, he acquired the nickname "

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". He was involved in organising legal action to block the National Union of Mineworkers, who were running the strike.

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