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00062072
11-08-1984 A miners wife from Maltby, South Yorkshire at a demonstration of women in support of the NUM © NLA
00026890
01-02-1993 Demolished Askern Colliery, Yorkshire coalfield 1993, mother and pushchair crossing a footbridge over the former mine © John Harris
00057074
11-04-1985 Children walk past graffiti We Wont Forget The Scabs and a scab hanging from a scaffold, bitterness remains at the end of the strike, Armthorpe, Yorkshire © John Sturrock
00057076
16-03-1985 March to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the death of David Jones on a picket line at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. Moorthorpe, Yorkshire © John Sturrock
00089617
08-03-1985 Armthorpe NUM return to work at the end of the strike, Yorkshire. Miners Strike © John Sturrock
00026566
04-03-1985 Miner's Wives support group leading the return to work as the strike ends. Rossington pit village © John Harris
00057072
03-03-1985 Sacked miners lobbying the special NUM Executive meeting display their anger on hearing that the year long NUM strike is to be called off. TUC London © John Sturrock
00057079
28-02-1985 Police Range Rover driving at pickets. Mass picket, Cortonwood pit village, Brampton, Yorkshire © John Sturrock
00088362
15-11-1984 Father Christmas (Derek Freeman) arrested for allegedly causing an obstruction outside Hamleys Toy Store in Regent Street, whilst helping to launch an appeal for donations of Christmas toys for striki... © Stefano Cagnoni
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22-12-1984 Miners Strike Preparing a Christmas dinner at Cadeby Miners Welfare, Yorkshire. © John Sturrock
00056940
24-02-1985 Arther Scargill and Mick McGahey NUM leading a LCDTU demonstration during the Miners Strike, in London. © John Sturrock
00089618
21-02-1985 Miners wives picket Yorkshire Main pit, Yorkshire © John Sturrock
00024995
11-02-1985 Pickets in their hut, Fryston colliery pit village, Yorkshire © John Harris
00024847
01-02-1985 Riot police occupy the village to get scabs out. Houghton Main, Yorkshire © John Harris
00057152
29-01-1985 Miners with a burning barricade, Silverwood, Yorkshire © John Harris
00057116
29-01-1985 Mass picket, Cortonwood Colliery, Yorkshire © John Sturrock
00083375
17-01-1985 Pickets keep warm around a brazier in the snow. ASLEF picket line at Shirebrook in North Derbyshire, where railway workers refused to move coal throughout the miners strike in solidarity with the NUM. © John Harris
00026562
09-01-1985 Working miners - scabs - walking past striking miner's picket and police at the end of their shift, Kiveton Park Colliery. South Yorkshire coalfield. The community was bitterly divided © John Harris
00026558
04-01-1985 Striking miners collecting coal from waste slag heap at a pit to keep them warm. Miners strike Yorkshire coalfield 1985 © John Harris
00057130
14-12-1984 They shall not starve, women with Christmas meals for striking miners, Hemsworth Miners Welfare kitchen nr Pontefract, West Yorkshire 1984 Miners Strike © John Sturrock
00024895
13-12-1984 Stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle performing in a benefit gig for single miners at Christmas. Armthorpe Miners Welfare, miners strike Armthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire © John Harris
00085400
13-12-1984 Words of encouragement for Arthur Scargill as he drinks a cup of tea in a cafe after his appearance in court at Rotherham on charges of obstruction © Ray Rising
00057100
11-12-1984 Scabs being brought into Silverwood colliery, Yorkshire winter 1984 © John Sturrock
00057111
07-12-1984 Children enjoying a Christmas party at Frickley colliery welfare with food donated from supporters, South Elmsall, Yorkshire. © John Sturrock
00056943
28-11-1984 Miners' Strike, striking miners' wives lobby delegates at the TUC. © John Sturrock
00083988
25-11-1984 Folk singer and activist, Peggy Seeger, performing at the Here We Go benefit gig in support of the miners strike, London, 1984. © Stefano Cagnoni
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08-11-1984 Mounted police with raised batons scour the back streets near Hatfield Main colliery for striking miners, Yorkshire © Peter Arkell
00084852
01-11-1984 Indian Workers Association (Glasgow branch) show their solidarity with the miners by donating 1,200 of food for Ayrshire miners & their families. Glasgow, Scotland © Rick Matthews
00062095
06-10-1984 The Miners' Stirke: Police in Armthorpe with batons at the ready, searching for striking miners, Yorkshire © NLA
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12-10-1984 Police charge pickets, Miners Strike Brodsworth Colliery, Doncaster © John Sturrock
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01-11-1984 Child enjoying a proper meal at a soup kitchen set up during the miners strike in Armthorpe, Yorkshire. © Katalin Arkell
00026538
31-10-1984 Striking miners riddling for coal on a slagheap or tip, collecting fuel for the winter, South Kirby, Yorkshire © John Harris
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27-10-1984 Scottish rally in support of the miners strike. Young boy wears a sweat shirt with the words My dad is a striking miner, designed by Lucy Morrison NALGO © Rick Matthews
00026553
24-10-1984 Mass picket of striking miners attempting to stop oil being delivered by road to Didcot Power Station Oxfordshire, where NUR railway workers are refusing to handle new coal stocks. © John Harris
00085391
16-10-1984 Police charge chasing pickets, Woolley Colliery, Woolley Edge near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. © Ray Rising
00057088
16-10-1984 Police occupy Grimethorpe pit village, walking past a shop with boarded up windows, Yorkshire, Miners strike. © John Sturrock
00056938
12-10-1984 Picket injured by police, Miners Strike. Brodsworth colliery, South Yorkshire © John Sturrock
00056961
12-10-1984 Miners Strike, Brodsworth nr Doncaster, Police horses charge to disperse picket against strike breakers at dawn. © John Sturrock
00056964
10-10-1984 Miners Strike, Miners wives demonstrate their support as the first talks take place between the NUM and the NCB. © John Sturrock
00057109
07-10-1984 Grimthorpe NUM member with his badge collection, Barnsley, Yorkshire. © John Sturrock
00024870
02-10-1984 Riot police baton charge a mass picket of striking miners, Thurcroft pit village, South Yorkshire © John Harris
00026554
02-10-1984 Police in riot gear charge a Mass picket of striking miners, Thurcroft pit South Yorkshire © John Harris
00088364
20-09-1984 Striking miners children from the British coalfields give the victory sign on arrival in Lens as part of a group of children provided with a holiday in France as a gesture of solidarity by French trad... © Stefano Cagnoni
00062084
20-09-1984 Mounted police clear the way for strikebreakers at Yorkshire Main Colliery, Edlington, South Yorkshire during the miners strike © NLA
00057090
20-09-1984 An artist painting a mass picket, Yorkshire Main © John Sturrock
00083300
29-08-1984 Police officers take a break from policing in the pit village of Kiveton Park to buy an ice cream from Rock on Tommy during the miners strike of 1984. © John Harris
00083360
22-08-1984 Silverwood Colliery near Rotherham, NUM picket line during the Miners Strike, Yorkshire. A effergy of a scab has been hung from a post. © John Harris
00085396
21-08-1984 Miners in Hatfield, South Yorkshire sit down in the road to try and prevent police from entering the village to get 3 scabs into the pit. © Ray Rising
00085394
21-08-1984 Miners families flee as riot police move into pit village, Hatfield, South Yorkshire © Ray Rising
00083635
18-08-1984 Gordon Brown MP speaking at a rally in support of striking NUM miners © John Harris
00083345
12-08-1984 NCB coaches having grills fitted in preparation for busing in scabs as part of a back-to-work attempt across NUM picket lines during the Miners Strike, were fire-bombed overnight to prevent their use.... © John Harris
00024781
12-08-1984 NUM members on strike during the Miners' Strike were attacked at night by baton wielding riot police at a police road block preventing the pickets from entering Nottinghamshire. Sitting in their car w... © John Harris
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07-04-1984 Kent miners march through London on their way to Nottingham to call on miners there to join in a national strike against pit closures. Months after this photograph was taken, 8 of the men at the front... © Stefano Cagnoni
00083297
11-08-1984 BBC tell the truth, ITN tell the truth. Striking miners' wives and their families, Women Against Pit Closures. stage a national demonstration in London in support of the NUM national dispute. The plac... © John Harris
00088360
11-08-1984 National demonstration in support of the miners strike organised by miners wives, London © Stefano Cagnoni
00057161
03-08-1984 A women at the Miners welfare canteen, Great Houghton, South Yorkshire © John Smith
00083354
01-08-1984 South Wales NUM President, Emlyn Williams (c) outside the NUM headquarters occupied by strikers, Pontypridd, Wales 1984. Occupied in an attempt to prevent the authorities gaining access to sequestrate... © John Harris
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30-07-1984 Miners children on a summer holiday in France during the Miners Strike 1984, hosted by French trade union members in solidarity. Children being served food and drink donated by the CGT, the CGT Mineur... © Stefano Cagnoni
00097330
30-07-1984 Miners children going on summer holiday to France during the Miners Strike 1984, hosted by French trade union members in solidarity. Marie Widrington daughter of a striking miner at Selby Colliery, Yo... © Stefano Cagnoni
00057073
24-07-1984 Norman Strike at the front of a mass picket, Bilston Glen mine, Scotland, Miners Strike. © John Sturrock
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16-07-1984 Police roadblock on the Derbyshire - Nottinghamshire county boarder at Shirebrook. To stop pickets from reaching Warsop Main Colliery in Nottinghamshire. Miners strike © John Sturrock
00024861
09-07-1984 Miners barricade and occupy Rossington colliery after police managed to get a scab into the pit. Doncaster © John Harris
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09-07-1984 A miners wife makes the opinion of the community clear attacking a well known scab with her shoe, after police invaded the pit village of Rossington near Doncaster, South Yorkshire © Peter Arkell
00083355
05-07-1984 Family day Picket, Penrikyber Colliery, South Wales, The Miners Strike 1984 © John Harris
00083302
04-07-1984 The drawing showing a child to be wary of strangers, in this case a policeman. Reflecting the sense of hatred felt by mining families to the massed police presence in their communites. Drawing made by... © John Harris
00026550
04-07-1984 Striking miners eating in a soup kitchen funded by donations from supporters of the strike. Miners Welfare, Keresley Colliery, Coventry 1984 © John Harris
00026541
22-06-1984 Striking miners walk with the coffin at the funeral of Joe Green, the second miner to have been killed on a picket line. Yorkshire coalfield 1984 © John Harris
00026540
18-06-1984 Police in riot gear & winged riot van confront a mass picket striking miners at the Orgreave coking works during the year long dispute n.r Sheffield 1984 © John Harris
00026539
18-06-1984 Police mounted on horseback attacking Lesley Boulton from miners womens support group WAPC. Battle of Orgreave, Orgreave coke works mass picket, Miners strike 1984 Sheffield South Yorkshire © John Harris
00026548
18-06-1984 Mounted Police attack mass picket of striking miners. Orgreave coke works Miner's strike, Sheffield South Yorkshire © John Harris
00023420
18-06-1984 Senior police officer attacking a miner guarding his car. The attempt to prosecute the miner for riot collapsed. Orgreave coking plant Miners strike Sheffield South Yorkshire © John Harris
00023419
18-06-1984 Police short sheild snatch squad attack pickets. Violent clashes between miners and riot police officers on the picket lines at the Orgreave coking plant during the miners strike. © John Harris
00023417
18-06-1984 Riot police on horseback chase lone, bare-chested, striking miner at the Battle of Orgreave - a violent confrontation between police and picketing miners at the coking plant in South Yorkshire. The pi... © John Harris
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18-06-1984 Pickets push police lines, Miners Strike, Orgreave Coke works, South Yorksire © John Sturrock
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16-06-1984 Maerdy wives support the miners, women at the Yorkshire miners gala, Wakefield © John Sturrock
00024898
03-06-1984 Picketing miner inspecting police lines arguing with an officer. Orgreave Coking works, South Yorkshire. © John Harris
00023429
02-06-1984 Film Director, Ken Loach, standing beside his cameraman during the filming of Which Side Are You On? - a documentary about the miners strike. © John Harris
00026536
30-05-1984 Police arresting Arthur Scargill NUM leader at the Orgreave coking works picket during miners strike Sheffield © John Harris
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30-05-1984 Striking miners confront mounted police at Orgreave coking plant, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire. © Peter Arkell
00056954
29-05-1984 Orgreave Mass picket, as part of the Miners Strike. © John Sturrock
00057149
29-05-1984 23 3-ton trucks Trucks laden with 100,000 worth of food and goods donated by various trade unions (NGA, SOGAT, USDAW, AUEW, TASS, TGWU), on route from London destined for Barnsley for the miners and t... © John Harris
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28-03-1984 Police and pickets at dawn, in the first weeks of the Miners strike against pit closures, Lea Hall Colliery and Rugeley B Power Station, Staffordshire. © John Harris
00026543
28-05-1984 Police charge picketing miners, Orgreave coking plant. Miner's strike, South Yorkshire © John Harris
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28-05-1984 Arthur Scargill NUM addressing striking miners at first mass picket of the BSC Orgreave coking plant, South Yorkshire © Peter Arkell
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23-05-1984 Miners lobby Moss Evans, Gen Sec of the TGWU during a lobby of the TUC conference. © Peter Arkell
00057156
12-05-1984 Womens National protest in support of he Miners Strike, Barnsley, Yorkshire © John Smith
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12-05-1984 Miners wives rally in Barnsley, South Yorkshire © NLA
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10-05-1984 A rally of womens support groups in Barnsley in support of the miners strike. © Peter Arkell
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07-05-1984 Demonstration of miners, their families, and supporters in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire © Peter Arkell
00024950
07-05-1984 Arthur Scargill signing autographs, 15,000 Miners protest, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire © John Harris
00057141
01-05-1984 1000 striking miners opposite 7,000 at the Nottinghamshire NUM Working Miners Rally - Nottinghamshire miners given the day off by the NCB to lobby against the strike, Berry Hill Park, Mansfield © John Sturrock
00057138
29-04-1984 A street collection for the NUM strike fund, Liverpool. © John Sturrock
00056936
27-04-1984 Miners Strike 1984, Arthur Scargill leading miners, picket line at a partly working pit, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire © John Sturrock
00085392
25-04-1984 Nottinghamshire striking miners lobby a delegates meeting at the area NUM headquarters in Mansfield to demand support for the strike. © Ray Rising
00024872
25-04-1984 Miners wives picket Florence colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire © John Harris
00026532
24-04-1984 Police hold back a striking miner as a working miner hurls abuse. Nottinghamshire Mansfield colliery 1984 © John Harris
00026534
19-04-1984 Striking miners jubilation at NUM SDC conference decision to continue strike against pit closures Sheffield, Miners strike, Yorkshire © John Harris
00026531
14-04-1984 Striking miners from Bolsover demonstrate in 7000 strong march joined by Kent NUM. Nottingham 1984 © John Harris
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12-04-1984 Lobby of the NUM executive conference, Sheffield. © John Sturrock
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11-04-1984 Police marching into Gedling colliery Nottinghamshire, to stop a mass picket © Peter Arkell
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