At the end of the strike, she could still organise more than 2,000 miners' wives to rally at Chesterfield football ground to demand help for the thousands of families left deprived, some penniless, by the dispute. In 1989, her 36-year-long marriage broke down. She and Peter had been a devoted couple, with four grown-up children. He moved to Worksop to live with Sue Rolstone, whom he married after divorcing Betty in 2001. She picked up on her earlier educational talents and studying for a politics degree at Lancaster University.
Sue Rolstone
Betty