Miners, South Wales 197219

05-01-1972 - Miner at Oakdale colliery, South Wales leaving work © Martin Mayer

05-01-1972 - Miners at Oakdale colliery, South Wales leaving work. © Martin Mayer

05-01-1972 - Miners at Oakdale colliery, South Wales leaving work. © Martin Mayer

05-01-1972 - Miner outside Oakdale colliery, South Wales. © Martin Mayer

05-01-1972 - Miners leaving work at Oakdale colliery, South Wales © Martin Mayer

06-01-1972 - Miners from Taff Merthyr colliery, South Wales, leaving work © Martin Mayer

06-01-1972 - Miners from Taff Merthyr colliery, South Wales, leaving work © Martin Mayer

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15-01-1972 - Miners cottages at Nantymoel, South Wales overshadowed by the pit head, during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Nantymoel pit village, Ogmore Vale, South Wales, overshadowed by the pit head and slag heap, during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Retired miner Charles Clark, 90, at the doorway of thje last inhabited cottage in row of old National Coal Board cottages, Blackwood, South Wales. He had lived there since 1914 and had taken part in t... © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Retired miner Charles Clark, 90, in the living room of last inhabited cottage in row of old National Coal Board cottages, Blackwood South Wales. He had lived there since 1914 and had taken part in the... © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales 1972. Woman with headscarf returning home with shopping basket in wet weather © Martin Mayer

21-01-1972 - Oakdale colliery silent during 1972 miners strike,Sirhowy Valley, South Wales © Martin Mayer

21-01-1972 - Oakdale colliery, 1972 miners strike, Sirhowy Valley, South Wales, Overhead coal transport system silent during the strike © Martin Mayer

21-01-1972 - Unemployed man in Blackwood, South Wales reading in doorway next to sign saying Assisted from the Miners Welfare Fund during 1972 strike © Martin Mayer

21-01-1972 - Old National Coal Board miners cottages in Blackwood, South Wales, now mostly empty and due for demolition © Martin Mayer

22-01-1972 - Children walking home from school in shadow of Pontlottyn colliery pit wheel, South Wales, during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Children walking home from school in shadow of Pontlottyn colliery pit wheel. South Wales during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer