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A miners wife from Maltby, South Yorkshire at a demonstration of women in support of the NUM - NLA - 1980s,1984,activist,activists,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,communities,community,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,DEMONSTRATIONS,disputes,equal rights,equality,FEMALE,FEMININITY,fe

A miners wife from Maltby, South Yorkshire at a demonstration of women in support of the NUM © NLA 11-08-1984

Mother and pushchair crossing a footbridge over of the demolished Askern Colliery, Yorkshire coalfield 1993 - John Harris - 1990s,1993,building,buildings,capitalism,capitalist,closed,closing,closure,closures,Coal Industry,Coal Mine,Coalfield,coalindustry,collieries,colliery,cross,crosses,crossing,deindustrialisation,Deindu

Mother and pushchair crossing a footbridge over of the demolished Askern Colliery, Yorkshire coalfield 1993 © John Harris 01-02-1993

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 11-04-1985

March to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the death of David Jones on a picket line at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. Moorthorpe, Yorkshire © John Sturrock 16-03-1985

Armthorpe NUM return to work at the end of the strike, Yorkshire. Miners Strike - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1985,banner,banners,Coal Mine,collieries,colliery,disputes,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,member,member members,members,mine,miner,miners,MINER'S,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,mines,NUM,people,pit,pits,retu

Armthorpe NUM return to work at the end of the strike, Yorkshire. Miners Strike © John Sturrock 08-03-1985

Miner's Wives support group leading the return to work as the strike ends. Rossington pit village - John Harris - 1980s,1985,against,CLOSED,closing,closure,closures,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,disputes,equal rights,equality,female,Feminism,Feminist,Feminists,group,groups,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,member,member members,m

Miner's Wives support group leading the return to work as the strike ends. Rossington pit village © John Harris 04-03-1985

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 03-03-1985

Police Range Rover driving at pickets. Mass picket, Cortonwood pit village, Brampton, Yorkshire - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1985,adult,adults,AUTO,AUTOMOBILE,AUTOMOBILES,AUTOMOTIVE,CAR,cars,CLJ,conflicts conflict,confrontation violence,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,driver,drivers,driving,force,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,Mass,mass picket

Police Range Rover driving at pickets. Mass picket, Cortonwood pit village, Brampton, Yorkshire © John Sturrock 28-02-1985

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 15-11-1984

Miners Strike Preparing a Christmas dinner at Cadeby Miners Welfare, Yorkshire. - John Sturrock - 1980s,1984,christmas,cook,COOKERY,cooking,cooks,decoration,dinner,dinners,disputes,EMOTION,EMOTIONAL,EMOTIONS,FEMALE,food,foods,funny,group,groups,Humor,HUMOROUS,HUMOUR,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,JOKE,JOKES,j

Miners Strike Preparing a Christmas dinner at Cadeby Miners Welfare, Yorkshire. © John Sturrock 22-12-1984

Arther Scargill and Mick McGahey NUM leading a LCDTU demonstration during the Miners Strike, in London. - John Sturrock - 1980s,1985,activist,activists,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,cities,city,Committee For The Defence of Trade Unions,DEFENCE,defense,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,demonstrations,dis

Arther Scargill and Mick McGahey NUM leading a LCDTU demonstration during the Miners Strike, in London. © John Sturrock 24-02-1985

Miners wives picket Yorkshire Main pit, Yorkshire - John Sturrock - 1980s,1985,CLJ,coal,coalfield,communities,community,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,equal rights,equality,feminism,humor humorous,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,laugh laughing,member,member members,members,mine,MINER,miner mine

Miners wives picket Yorkshire Main pit, Yorkshire © John Sturrock 21-02-1985

Pickets in their hut, Fryston colliery pit village, Yorkshire - John Harris - ,1980s,1985,collieries,colliery,communicating,communication,conversation,conversations,dialogue,discourse,DISCUSS,discusses,discussing,discussion,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,man men,member,mem

Pickets in their hut, Fryston colliery pit village, Yorkshire © John Harris 11-02-1985

Riot police occupy the village to get scabs out. Houghton Main, Yorkshire - John Harris - ,1980s,1985,adult,adults,CLJ,corner shop,customer customers,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,MATURE,member,member members,members,miners strike miner's strike NUM,miner's strike the miners strike,n

Riot police occupy the village to get scabs out. Houghton Main, Yorkshire © John Harris 01-02-1985

Miners with a burning barricade, Silverwood, Yorkshire - John Harris - ,1980s,1985,barricade,barricade barricades,BARRICADES,BURN,burn burning,burning,BURNS,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,mass picket,member,member members,members,MINER,Miners,MINER'S,miners strike m

Miners with a burning barricade, Silverwood, Yorkshire © John Harris 29-01-1985

Mass picket, Cortonwood Colliery, Yorkshire - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1985,CLJ,collieries,Colliery,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,Mass,mass picket,member,member members,members,mine,miners strike miner's strike NUM,miner's strike the miners strike,mines,num,

Mass picket, Cortonwood Colliery, Yorkshire © John Sturrock 29-01-1985

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 17-01-1985

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 09-01-1985

Striking miners collecting coal from waste slag heap at a pit to keep them warm. Miners strike Yorkshire coalfield 1985 - John Harris - 1980s,1985,bicycle,bicycles,BICYCLING,Bicyclist,Bicyclists,BIKE,BIKES,coal,Coal Industry,Coal Mine,coalindustry,collecting,cycle,cycles,cycling,Cyclist,Cyclists,dangerous,disputes,Elsecar,hardship,haz

Striking miners collecting coal from waste slag heap at a pit to keep them warm. Miners strike Yorkshire coalfield 1985 © John Harris 04-01-1985

$They shall not starve, Hemsworth kitchen, women with meals for striking miners, nr Pontefract - John Sturrock - 1980s,1984,banner,banners,Christmas,communities,community,disputes,donated,FEMALE,food,FOODS,group,groups,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,kitchen,KITCHENS,member,member members,members,MINER,miners,MINER'S,Miners$

They shall not starve, Hemsworth kitchen, women with meals for striking miners, nr Pontefract © John Sturrock 14-12-1984

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 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 13-12-1984

Scabs being brought into Silverwood colliery, Yorkshire winter 1984 - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,breaker,breakers,breaking,bus,bus buses,bus service,buses,CLJ,coach,coaches,collieries,colliery,cross,crosses,crossing,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,force,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,MATURE,member,

Scabs being brought into Silverwood colliery, Yorkshire winter 1984 © John Sturrock 11-12-1984

Children enjoying a Christmas party at Frickley colliery welfare with food donated from supporters, South Elmsall, Yorkshire. - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,boy,boys,cake,cakes,child,CHILDHOOD,children,Christmas,collieries,colliery,communities,community,disputes,eat,eating,enjoying,enjoyment,female,females,food,FOODS,fun,girl,girls,having fun,

Children enjoying a Christmas party at Frickley colliery welfare with food donated from supporters, South Elmsall, Yorkshire. © John Sturrock 07-12-1984

Miners' Strike, striking miners' wives lobby delegates at the TUC. - John Sturrock - (TUC),1980s,1984,activist,activists,banner,banners,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,cities,city,Congress,DELEGATE,delegates,DEMONSTRATING,DEMONSTRATION,DEMONSTRATIONS,disputes,FEM

Miners' Strike, striking miners' wives lobby delegates at the TUC. © John Sturrock 28-11-1984

Folk singer and activist, Peggy Seeger, performing at the Here We Go benefit gig in support of the miners strike, London, 1984. - Stefano Cagnoni - 1980s,1984,ACE,Arts,cities,city,culture,disputes,entertainment,FEMALE,guitar,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,London,melody,member,member members,members,MINER,miners,MINER'S,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,music,MUSI

Folk singer and activist, Peggy Seeger, performing at the Here We Go benefit gig in support of the miners strike, London, 1984. © Stefano Cagnoni 25-11-1984

Mounted police with raised batons scour the back streets near Hatfield Main colliery for striking miners, Yorkshire - Peter Arkell - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,animal,animals,baton,CLJ,collieries,colliery,confront,confrontation,confronted,confronting,disputes,domesticated ungulate,domesticated ungulates,equestrian,equine,force,Hatfie

Mounted police with raised batons scour the back streets near Hatfield Main colliery for striking miners, Yorkshire © Peter Arkell 08-11-1984

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 01-11-1984

The Miners' Stirke: Police in Armthorpe with batons at the ready, searching for striking miners, Yorkshire - NLA - 1980s,1984,adult,adults,aggression,aggressive,baton,batons,CLJ,confront,confrontation,confronted,confronting,disputes,fear,fearful,force,helmets,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,intimidated,look,looking,MATURE,memb

The Miners' Stirke: Police in Armthorpe with batons at the ready, searching for striking miners, Yorkshire © NLA 06-10-1984

Police charge pickets, Miners Strike Brodsworth Colliery, Doncaster - John Sturrock - 1980s,1984,activist,activists,adult,adults,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,CLJ,coal,collieries,Colliery,country countryside,DEMONSTRATING,DEMONSTRATION,DEMONSTRATIONS,DISPUTE,DIS

Police charge pickets, Miners Strike Brodsworth Colliery, Doncaster © John Sturrock 12-10-1984

Child enjoying a proper meal at a soup kitchen set up during the miners strike in Armthorpe, Yorkshire. - Katalin Arkell - 1980s,1984,Armthorpe,child,child children,CHILDHOOD,CHILDREN,disputes,eat eating,enjoying,ENJOYMENT,food,FOODS,girl girls,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,juvenile,juveniles,kid,kids,kitchen,KITCHENS,meal,meal dinn

Child enjoying a proper meal at a soup kitchen set up during the miners strike in Armthorpe, Yorkshire. © Katalin Arkell 01-11-1984

Striking miners riddling for coal on a slagheap or tip, collecting fuel for the winter, South Kirby, Yorkshire - John Harris - ,1980s,1984,coal,Coal Industry,coalindustry,collecting,collieries,colliery,dig,digging,disputes,fuel,heap,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,male,man,member,member members,members,men,mine,miner,miners,MINER'S,Miners

Striking miners riddling for coal on a slagheap or tip, collecting fuel for the winter, South Kirby, Yorkshire © John Harris 31-10-1984

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 27-10-1984

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 24-10-1984

Police charge chasing pickets, Woolley Colliery, Woolley Edge near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. - Ray Rising - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,chase,chasing,CLJ,collieries,colliery,DISPUTE,dispute.,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,mass picket,MATURE,member,member members,members,mine,MINER,Miners,MINER'S,miners strike min

Police charge chasing pickets, Woolley Colliery, Woolley Edge near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. © Ray Rising 16-10-1984

Police occupy Grimethorpe pit village, walking past a shop with boarded up windows, Yorkshire, Miners strike. - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,CLJ,communities,community,disputes,force,Grimethorpe,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,MATURE,member,member members,members,MINER,Miners,MINER'S,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,NUM,Officer,offi

Police occupy Grimethorpe pit village, walking past a shop with boarded up windows, Yorkshire, Miners strike. © John Sturrock 16-10-1984

Picket injured by police, Miners Strike. Brodsworth colliery, South Yorkshire - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,activist,activists,adult,adults,blood bleeding,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,CLJ,colleague colleagues,collieries,colliery,DEMONSTRATING,DEMONSTRATION,DEMONSTRATIONS

Picket injured by police, Miners Strike. Brodsworth colliery, South Yorkshire © John Sturrock 12-10-1984

Miners Strike, Brodsworth nr Doncaster, Police horses charge to disperse picket against strike breakers at dawn. - John Sturrock - 1980s,1984,adult,adults,against,animal,animal animals,animals,at,CLJ,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,domesticated ungulate,domesticated ungulates,early morning,equestrian,equine,force,horse,horse horses,horses,INDUS

Miners Strike, Brodsworth nr Doncaster, Police horses charge to disperse picket against strike breakers at dawn. © John Sturrock 12-10-1984

Miners Strike, Miners wives demonstrate their support as the first talks take place between the NUM and the NCB. - John Sturrock - 1980s,1984,activist,activists,banner,banners,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,cities,city,Coal Miner,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,demonstrations,disputes,FEMALE,group,groups,INDUST

Miners Strike, Miners wives demonstrate their support as the first talks take place between the NUM and the NCB. © John Sturrock 10-10-1984

Grimthorpe NUM member with his badge collection, Barnsley, Yorkshire. - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,activist,activists,badge badges,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,collection,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,DEMONSTRATIONS,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,man men,memb

Grimthorpe NUM member with his badge collection, Barnsley, Yorkshire. © John Sturrock 07-10-1984

Riot police baton charge a mass picket of striking miners, Thurcroft pit village, South Yorkshire - John Harris - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,attack,attack attacks,attacking,baton,baton batons,CLJ,conflict,confront,confrontation,confronted,confronting,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,hit,hitting,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,injured injury,ma

Riot police baton charge a mass picket of striking miners, Thurcroft pit village, South Yorkshire © John Harris 02-10-1984

Police in riot gear charge a Mass picket of striking miners, Thurcroft pit South Yorkshire - John Harris - 1980s,1984,adult,adults,aggresion,aggressive,CLJ law,conflict,confront,confrontation,confronted,confronting,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,force,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,line,Mass,MATURE,member,member members,members,MIN

Police in riot gear charge a Mass picket of striking miners, Thurcroft pit South Yorkshire © John Harris 02-10-1984

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 20-09-1984

Mounted police clear the way for strikebreakers at Yorkshire Main Colliery, Edlington, South Yorkshire during the miners strike - NLA - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,animal,animals,breaker,breakers,breaking,CLJ,collieries,colliery,confront,confrontation,confronted,confronting,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,domesticated ungulate,domesticated ungulates,Ed

Mounted police clear the way for strikebreakers at Yorkshire Main Colliery, Edlington, South Yorkshire during the miners strike © NLA 20-09-1984

An artist painting a mass picket, Yorkshire Main - John Sturrock - 1980s,1984,ACE,art,artist,artist artists,ARTISTS,arts culture,artwork artworks,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,mass,member,member members,members,miners strike miner's strike NUM,miner's strike th

An artist painting a mass picket, Yorkshire Main © John Sturrock 20-09-1984

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 29-08-1984

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 - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,breaker,breakers,breaking,CLJ,collieries,Colliery,cross,crosses,crossing,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,force,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,MATURE,member,member members,members,mine,MINER,miner miners

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 22-08-1984

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 - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,civil disobedience,CLJ,confront,confrontation,confronted,confronting,defiant,disputes,force,Hatfield,highway,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,MATURE,member,member members,members,MINER,Mine

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 21-08-1984

Miners families flee as riot police move into pit village, Hatfield, South Yorkshire - Ray Rising - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,CLJ,confront,confrontation,confronted,confronting,disputes,fear,fearful,FEMALE,force,Hatfield,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,MATURE,member,member members,members,MINER,Miners,MINER'S,Mine

Miners families flee as riot police move into pit village, Hatfield, South Yorkshire © Ray Rising 21-08-1984

Gordon Brown MP speaking at a rally in support of striking NUM miners - John Harris - ,1980s,1984,activist,activists,BANNER,banners,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,DEMONSTRATIONS,disputes,Great Miners Strike,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,labour pa

Gordon Brown MP speaking at a rally in support of striking NUM miners © John Harris 18-08-1984

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 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 12-08-1984

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 07-04-1984

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 11-08-1984

National demonstration in support of the miners strike organised by miners wives, London - Stefano Cagnoni - 1980s,1984,activist,activists,banner,banners,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,crowd,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,DEMONSTRATIONS,disputes,female,groups,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,London,mem

National demonstration in support of the miners strike organised by miners wives, London © Stefano Cagnoni 11-08-1984

A women at the Miners welfare canteen, Great Houghton, South Yorkshire - John Smith - 1980s,1984,canteen,CANTEENS,disputes,eat eating,equal rights,equality,FEMALE,FEMININITY,feminism,feminist,feminists,food,FOODS,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,kitchen kitchens,member,member members,members,MINER,M

A women at the Miners welfare canteen, Great Houghton, South Yorkshire © John Smith 03-08-1984

South Wales NUM President, Emlyn Williams (with megaphone), with Welsh miners outside the NUM headquarters in Pontypridd, Wales, which they occupied in an attempt to prevent the authorities gaining ac... © John Harris 01-08-1984

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 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 30-07-1984

Norman Strike at the front of a mass picket, Bilston Glen mine, Scotland, Miners Strike. - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,CLJ,collieries,colliery,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,force,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,man men,mass,mass picket,MATURE,member,member members,members,men man,mine,mine mining mines industry,MINER,m

Norman Strike at the front of a mass picket, Bilston Glen mine, Scotland, Miners Strike. © John Sturrock 24-07-1984

Police roadblock on the Derbyshire - Nottinghamshire county boarder at Shirebrook. To stop pickets from reaching Warsop Main Colliery in Nottinghamshire. Miners strike © John Sturrock 16-07-1984

Miners barricade and occupy Rossington colliery after police managed to get a scab into the pit. Doncaster - John Harris - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,breaker,breakers,breaking,collieries,colliery,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,mass picket,MATURE,member,member members,members,mine,MINER,Miners,MINER'S,miners strike mine

Miners barricade and occupy Rossington colliery after police managed to get a scab into the pit. Doncaster © John Harris 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 09-07-1984

Family Day Picket at Penrikyber Colliery in South Wales during the Miners Strike. - John Harris - ,1980s,1984,babies,Baby,baby babies,child,child children,CHILDHOOD,children,coalfield,collieries,colliery,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,EARLY YEARS,families,family,father fathers,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,infancy,infant,

Family Day Picket at Penrikyber Colliery in South Wales during the Miners Strike. © John Harris 05-07-1984

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 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 04-07-1984

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 22-06-1984

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 18-06-1984

Police mounted on horseback attack Lesley Boulton from miners womens support group WAPC. Battle of Orgreave, Orgreave coke works mass picket, Miners strike Sheffield South Yorkshire © John Harris 18-06-1984

Mounted Police attack mass picket of striking miners. Orgreave coke works Miner's strike, Sheffield South Yorkshire - John Harris - , UCW,1980s,1984,adult,adults,animal,animals,attack,attack attacks,attacking,baton batons,Battle of Orgreave,BSC,CLJ,coke works,coking plant,confrontation confronting,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,domesticated ung

Mounted Police attack mass picket of striking miners. Orgreave coke works Miner's strike, Sheffield South Yorkshire © John Harris 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 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 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 18-06-1984

Pickets push police lines, Miners Strike, Orgreave Coke works, South Yorksire - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,CLJ,DISPUTE,disputes,force,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,MATURE,member,member members,members,MINER,Miners,MINER'S,NUM,officer,OFFICERS,Orgreave,people,PICKET,PICKETING,Pickets,POLICE,po

Maerdy wives support the miners, women at the Yorkshire miners gala, Wakefield - John Sturrock - laughter,laughing,laugh,Miner's Strike,the,Miners Strike,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,NUM,num,protest,demonstration,strike,strikes,Trade Union,Trades Union,WAPC,miners wives,wife,wives,woman,women,wom

Picketing miner inspecting police lines arguing with an officer. Orgreave Coking works, South Yorkshire. - John Harris - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,argue,arguing,argument,CLJ,communicating,communication,conversation,conversations,dialogue,discourse,DISCUSS,discusses,discussing,discussion,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUT

Picketing miner inspecting police lines arguing with an officer. Orgreave Coking works, South Yorkshire. © John Harris 03-06-1984

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 02-06-1984

Police arresting Arthur Scargill NUM leader at the Orgreave coking works picket during miners strike Sheffield - John Harris - 1980s,1984,adult,adults,ARREST,ARRESTED,arresting,Arthur,Battle of Orgreave,BSC Coking Plant,CLJ,coke,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,leader,Mass Picket,MATURE,member,member members,members,MINER,

Police arresting Arthur Scargill NUM leader at the Orgreave coking works picket during miners strike Sheffield © John Harris 30-05-1984

Striking miners confront mounted police at Orgreave coking plant, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire. - Peter Arkell - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,animal,animals,battle,Battle of Orgreave,BSC Coking Plant,CLJ,coke,coking,confront,confrontation,confronted,confronting,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,domesticated ungulate,domesticated ung

Striking miners confront mounted police at Orgreave coking plant, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire. © Peter Arkell 30-05-1984

Orgreave Mass picket, as part of the Miners Strike. - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,adult,adults,animal,animals,baton batons,Battle of Orgreave,BSC,CLJ,coke works,coking plant,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,domesticated ungulate,domesticated ungulates,equestrian,equine,force,helmet hel

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 29-05-1984

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 28-03-1984

Police charge picketing miners. Orgreave coking plant. Miner's strike Sheffield South Yorkshire - John Harris - 1980s,1984,adult,adults,Battle of Orgreave,CLJ,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,force,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,line lines,man men,mass picket,MATURE,member,member members,members,men man,miner's strike miners strike,miners

Arthur Scargill NUM addressing striking miners at first mass picket of the BSC Orgreave coking plant, South Yorkshire - Peter Arkell - ,1980s,1984,Arthur,Arthur Scargill,Battle of Orgreave,BSC,coke works,coking plant,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,mass,mass picket,meeting,MEETINGS,member,member members,members,MINER,Miners,MINER

Arthur Scargill NUM addressing striking miners at first mass picket of the BSC Orgreave coking plant, South Yorkshire © Peter Arkell 28-05-1984

Miners lobby Moss Evans, Gen Sec of the TGWU during a lobby of the TUC conference. - Peter Arkell - ,1980s,1984,argue,arguing,argument,communicating,communication,conference,conferences,conversation,conversations,dialogue,discourse,discuss,discusses,discussing,discussion,disputes,Evans,INDUSTRIAL DI

Womens National protest in support of he Miners Strike, Barnsley, Yorkshire - John Smith - feminism,feminist,feminists,Miner's Strike,the,Miners Strike,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,NUM,num,protest,demonstration,solidarity,strike,strikes,Trade Union,Trades Union,WAPC,miners wives,woman,women

Miners wives rally in Barnsley, South Yorkshire - NLA - banner,banners,Barnsley,Miner's Strike,the,Miners Strike,Miners,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,NUM,NUM,placard,placards,protest,demonstration,rally,solidarity,South Yorkshire,strike,strike,strikes,strik

A rally of womens support groups in Barnsley in support of the miners strike. - Peter Arkell - Barnsley,boy,boys,child,child,children,children,miner,Miner's Strike,the,Miners Strike,Miners,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,NUM,miners wives,num,placard,placard,placards,protest,demonstration,rally,sol

Demonstration of miners, their families, and supporters in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire - Peter Arkell - 1980s,1984,activist,activists,banner,banners,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,DEMONSTRATIONS,disputes,families,family,FEMALE,group,groups,INDUSTRIAL DI

Arthur Scargill signing autographs, 15,000 Miners protest, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire - John Harris - ,Arthur,Scargill,autograph,autographs,boy,boys,child,children,family,girl,girls,Miner's Strike,the,Miners Strike,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,NUM,num,protest,demonstration,strike,strikes,supporter,sup

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 01-05-1984

A street collection for the NUM strike fund, Liverpool. - John Sturrock - ,1980s,1984,box,boxes,cities,city,collection,collections,disputes,donating,donation,donations,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,member,member members,members,miner,miners,MINER'S,Miners Strike,Miner's Strike,NUM,peo

Miners Strike, Arthur Scargill joins miners on the picket line at a partly working pit. Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. - John Sturrock - 1980s,1984,activist,activists,Arthur Scargill,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,clap,clapping,claps,colleague colleagues,DEMONSTRATING,DEMONSTRATION,DEMONSTRATIONS,DISPUTE,DISPUTES

Miners Strike, Arthur Scargill joins miners on the picket line at a partly working pit. Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. © John Sturrock 27-04-1984

Nottinghamshire striking miners lobby a delegates meeting at the area NUM headquarters in Mansfield to demand support for the strike. © Ray Rising 25-04-1984

Miners wives picket Florence colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - John Harris - 1980s,1984,breaker,breakers,breaking,CLJ,collieries,colliery,cross,crosses,crossing,DISPUTE,DISPUTES,Florence,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,member,member members,members,mine,MINER,Miners,MINER'S,miners strike m

Police hold back a striking miner as a working miner hurls abuse. Nottinghamshire Mansfield colliery 1984 - John Harris - 1980s,1984,adult,adults,Argue,arguing,Argument,Assertion,Assertive,clj crime law and justice,coal,Coal Industry,coalfield,coalindustry,collieries,colliery,communicating,communication,conflict,conversa

Police hold back a striking miner as a working miner hurls abuse. Nottinghamshire Mansfield colliery 1984 © John Harris 24-04-1984

Striking miners jubilation at NUM SDC conference decision to continue strike against pit closures Sheffield, Miners strike, Yorkshire © John Harris 19-04-1984

Striking miners from Bolsover demonstrate in 7000 strong march joined by Kent NUM. Nottingham 1984 - John Harris - ,1980s,1984,activist,activists,CAMPAIGN,campaigner,campaigners,CAMPAIGNING,CAMPAIGNS,coal,Coal Industry,coalindustry,DEMONSTRATING,demonstration,DEMONSTRATIONS,disputes,INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE,male,member,

Striking miners from Bolsover demonstrate in 7000 strong march joined by Kent NUM. Nottingham 1984 © John Harris 14-04-1984

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