The Scar

Like many women active during the miners strike May Murton Charlie Hardwick has been left to clean up the mess The closure of the pit a failed marriage and the communitys disintegration have shattered both her personal and political beliefs Her teenage children Darren Bell and Katja Roberts are out of control Her estranged husband Brian Hogg has taken up residence in the allotments At a dance the night before the Durham Miners Gala May meets Roy Cotton Bill Speed the recently arrived manager of an open cast mine