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15-02-1972 - Miners wives, NUM strike lobby of Parliament, London © Chris Davies

08-02-1972 - Funeral of Fred Matthews killed by a scab lorry while picketing a Keadby Power Station during the 1972 miners strike, Doncaster. 5,000 miners attended the funeral of the NUM member from Hatfield colli... © Peter Arkell

08-02-1972 - Funeral of Fred Matthews killed by a scab lorry while picketing a Keadby Power Station during the 1972 miners strike, Doncaster. 5,000 miners attended the funeral of the NUM member from Hatfield colli... © Peter Arkell

08-02-1972 - Funeral of Fred Matthews killed by a scab lorry while picketing a Keadby Power Station during the 1972 miners strike, Doncaster. 5,000 miners attended the funeral of the NUM member from Hatfield colli... © Peter Arkell

06-02-1972 - Miners and supporters protest, miners strike 1972 London for increased pay © Chris Davies

06-02-1972 - Miners and supporters protest, miners strike 1972 Trafalgar Square London for increased pay © Chris Davies

06-02-1972 - Miners and supporters protest, miners strike 1972 London for increased pay © Chris Davies

06-02-1972 - Miners and supporters protest, miners strike 1972 London for increased pay © Chris Davies

06-02-1972 - Young South Wales miners at Paddington Station, Miners and supporters protest, miners strike 1972 London for increased pay © Chris Davies

06-02-1972 - Miners and supporters protest, miners strike 1972 London for increased pay © Mike Tull

06-02-1972 - Miners and supporters protest, miners strike 1972 Trafalgar Square London for increased pay. Miners from the Harton and Westoe Lodge in the Durham coalfields © Mike Tull

06-02-1972 - NUM COSA Miners pay protest, miners strike, Trafalgar Square London © Mike Tull

06-02-1972 - Tony Benn MP speaking Miners strike and supporters protest 1972 Trafalgar Square London for a pay increase © Mike Tull

06-02-1972 - Tony Benn MP speaking Miners strike and supporters protest 1972 Trafalgar Square London for a pay increase © Mike Tull

06-02-1972 - Protest in support of the NUM, London, 1972 © MIke Tull

26-01-1972 - Miners picketing West Wales National Coal Board Offices during strike. © Martin Mayer

26-01-1972 - Miners picketing West Wales National Coal Board Offices during strike. © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Children walking home from school, Pontlottyn, pithead of McLaren Merthyr colliery, South Wales, during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Roving miners pickets from Ogilvie colliery, South Wales during strike during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Local shop in Pontlottyn, South Wales showing a poster for a rally supporting miners during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Miners from Ogilvie pit picket Fockriw open cast mine in South Wales during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Miners from Ogilvie pit picket Fockriw open cast mine in South Wales during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Miner Idris Moseley picking coal, riddling, for his pensioner neighbour at old tip or slag heap in Pontlottyn, South Wales during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Miner Idris Moseley picking coal, riddling, for his pensioner neighbour at old tip or slag heap in Pontlottyn, South Wales during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

25-01-1972 - Wild ponies sheltering from the rain, Pontlottyn, 1972, Rhymney Valley, South Wales, similar to those used as pit ponies © Martin Mayer

22-01-1972 - Children walking home from school, Pontlottyn, pithead of McLaren Merthyr colliery, South Wales, during 1972 miners strike © 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 - Pickets outside the Margam steelworks, Port Talbot, South Wales, during 1972 miners strike © Martin Mayer

20-01-1972 - Miners strike 1972. Pickets besiege Coal House, Doncaster, Yorkshire, with hundreds of police defending it. © NLA

20-01-1972 - Miners strike. Pickets, Skelton Grange Power Station, Leeds, Yorkshire. © NLA

20-01-1972 - Miners strike. Pickets lobby EETU leaders. Jack Collins, Kent NUM and other miners appealing for the support of the leaders of the electricity power unions as they go in for pay talks in London. © Peter Arkell

20-01-1972 - Miners strike. Pickets lobby EETU leaders. Jack Collins, Kent NUM and other miners appealing for the support of the leaders of the electricity power unions as they go in for pay talks in London. © Peter Arkell

18-01-1972 - Miners pickets at West Drayton Coal depot West London during 1972 strike. © NLA

18-01-1972 - Derbyshire miners wives demonstrate outside parliament in support of their husbands. © NLA

18-01-1972 - Kent miners wives demonstrate outside Parliament in support of their husbands. London © NLA

17-01-1972 - Mass meeting of miners from Wheldale colliery, near Castleford, West Yorkshire during 1972 strike, addressed by Pete Bolderson of Glasshoughton. © NLA

17-01-1972 - Mass meeting of miners from Wheldale colliery, near Castleford, West Yorkshire during 1972 strike, addressed by Brian Lavery from the Wheldale strike committee. © NLA

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 - 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 - Nantymoel pit village, South Wales, 1972 miners strike. Wyndham Western Mine © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Nantymoel pit village, South Wales, 1972 miners strike. Wyndham Western Mine © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Nantymoel pit village, South Wales, 1972 miners strike. Wyndham Western Mine © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Oakdale colliery, 1972 miners strike, Sirhowy Valley, South Wales, Overhead coal transport system silent during the strike © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales, 1972. Old man in flat cap looks out from his back garden © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Nantymoel Social Club and Institute 1929 Ltd. 1972 miners strike, pit village, Ogmore Valley, South Wales © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Nantymoel cemetery, Wyndham Western Mine, 1972, Ogmore Vale, South Wales coalfield. A lone figure walks past Nantymoel cemetery, which is overshadowed by the pit. Many of those buried there will have... © Martin Mayer

15-01-1972 - Nantymoel cemetery, Wyndham Western Mine, 1972, Ogmore Vale, South Wales coalfield. A lone figure walks past Nantymoel cemetery, which is overshadowed by the pit. Many of those buried there will have... © Martin Mayer

14-01-1972 - Miners strike pickets talking coal ship crew. Cardiff Docks. The miners were trying to stop the import of coal at the docks. Crew of the Alain © Martin Mayer

12-01-1972 - Miners strike. Wheldale pickets, Ferrybridge Power Station, Yorkshire © NLA

12-01-1972 - Miners strike. Wheldale pickets, Ferrybridge Power Station, Yorkshire. Heath Out Support The Miners © Peter Arkell

12-01-1972 - Miners strike. Wheldale pickets, Ferrybridge Power Station, Yorkshire © NLA

05-01-1972 - Apprentices, Oakdale Colliery, 1972, Rhondda Fawr Valley, South Wales © Peter Arkell

03-01-1972 - Derek Ezra, Joe Gormley, drinks, Coal Industry Society annual lunch, Park Lane Hotel, London six days before the 1972 miners strike. NCB chair and NUM leader © Martin Mayer