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

25-01-1972 - Miners from Ogilvie pit picket Fockriw open cast mine in 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

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

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

21-01-1972 - Pickets outside the Margam steelworks, Port Talbot, 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

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

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

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

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 - 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 - Children walking home from school in shadow of Pontlottyn colliery pit wheel. South Wales 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

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

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 - 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 - 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 and supporters protest, miners strike 1972 Trafalgar Square London for increased pay © Mike Tull