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David ‘Dykie’ McLay: Extended Interview

A gritty play about the struggles of a Fife mining community during the 1926 General Strike has returned to the stage this week nearly 90 years after it was first performed.

Joe Corrie’s ‘In Time of Strife’ brings back many memories for 71-year-old David ‘Dykie’ McLay who’s a third generation miner from Kinglassie in Fife.

He talks to Shereen about the struggles of starving families during the lock-out of the mines…

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