Miners Strike 1984-1985 from start to finish565

20-02-1984 - Pithead coal stocks, Bold colliery, St Helens, 1984, Lancashire. Heap of coal stockpiled as the miners strike begins © John Sturrock

05-03-1984 - Pickets picketing out spreading the strike Thurcroft 1984 Yorkshire pits. Flying pickets persuading other miners to come out on strike, first day of the Miners strike, Thurcroft colliery © John Harris

08-03-1984 - Police arresting a miner, Miners Strike, 1984 NUM executive meeting, Sheffield, Yorkshire © John Sturrock

08-03-1984 - Miners lobbying NUM executive, Sheffield, Yorkshire 1984 Miners Strike © John Sturrock

14-03-1984 - Pickets hit in the face by a police truncheon, Thoresby 1984. Conflict with police. Miner's strike, Thoresby Colliery, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

14-03-1984 - Striking miners helping an injured picket hit in the face by a police truncheon. Conflict with police. Miners strike, Thoresby Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1984 © John Harris

18-03-1984 - Striking miners picketing Thoresby Colliery, 1984, Nottinghamshire, Pickets from Bentley NUM © John Harris

18-03-1984 - Striking miners picketing Thoresby Colliery, 1984, Nottinghamshire, Pickets from Bentley NUM © John Harris

18-03-1984 - Striking miners picketing Thoresby Colliery, 1984, Nottinghamshire, Pickets from Bentley NUM © John Harris

19-03-1984 - Blockade of NUM HQ offices by Striking miners, Barnsley 1984. Yorkshire miners as the NCB take the union to the High Court © John Harris

19-03-1984 - Striking Miners blockade Arthur's Castle 1984 Yorkshire NUM members blockading their Area HQ to prevent any seizure of assets as punishment for contempt of court against their decision to condone seco... © John Smith

19-03-1984 - Striking miners blockade Yorkshire NUM offices Barnsley 1985, to prevent any seizure of assets as punishment for contempt of court against their Executive decision to condone secondary picketing in No... © John Smith

20-03-1984 - Women from Edlington picketing Thoresby colliery, 1984 Nottinghamshire © Peter Arkell

20-03-1984 - Women from Edlington picketing Thoresby colliery, 1984 Nottinghamshire © Peter Arkell

22-03-1984 - Police roadblock prevent picketing of pits, 1984 Midlands © John Harris

23-03-1984 - Police roadblock a dawn, stopping striking miners from Yorkshire getting to the Nottinghamshire pits to speak to working miners in the coalfield. They are threatened with arrest unless they turn back.... © Sean Smith

24-03-1984 - Paul Mason facing Miners wives, Coalville 1984 arguing the politics of the strike with a young Paul Mason, Workers Power member. The placards proclaim the slogans Unity is Strength and Our fight is yo... © John Sturrock

24-03-1984 - Paul Mason facing Miners wives, Coalville 1984 arguing the politics of the strike with a young Paul Mason, Workers Power member. The placards proclaim the slogans Unity is Strength and Our fight is yo... © John Harris

28-03-1984 - Police and striking miners at dawn, Lea Hall Colliery 1984 and Rugeley B Power Station, Staffordshire, in the first weeks of the Miners strike against pit closures © John Harris

28-03-1984 - Striking miners from Wales behind a Police line Daw Mill Colliery, 1984 as a coach full of scabs arrive for work, the pickets could not speak to the working miners. Miners Strike Daw Mill Colliery War... © John Harris

02-04-1984 - Striking miners picketing Eggborough Power Station, 1984, Yorkshire. Talking to a lorry driver © John Sturrock

03-04-1984 - Pop group Flying pickets join striking miners, 1984 Drax power station, North Yorkshire, Dave Gittins © Peter Arkell

03-04-1984 - Pop group Flying pickets join striking miners, 1984 Drax power station, North Yorkshire, Dave Gittins © Peter Arkell

04-04-1984 - Striking Kent miners marching to Nottingham 1984 to ask their NUM miners for support for a national strike against pit closures © Stefano Cagnoni

04-04-1984 - Stan Orme, Labour Energy Spokesman passes striking Kent miners 1984 as he leaves the NCB HQ after failing to negotiate a settlement to the miners strike © Peter Arkell

05-04-1984 - Mansfield, Nottingham 1984. Striking miners pointing to police who they claim acted as John provocateurs and dressed as miners in previous pickets. © John Harris

05-04-1984 - Striking miners lobby Nottinghamshire Area NUM, Mansfield 1984 © John Harris

05-04-1984 - Pickets asleep in each others arms. Striking miners lobby Nottinghamshire Area NUM, Mansfield 1984 © John Harris

05-04-1984 - Striking miners lobby Nottinghamshire Area NUM, Mansfield 1984 © John Harris

05-04-1984 - Geoff Poulter Branch Sec Bolsover Colliery 1984, speaking about soldiers seen in police uniforms. Striking miners lobby Nottinghamshire Area NUM, Mansfield. © John Harris

05-04-1984 - Striking miners lobby Nottinghamshire Area NUM, Mansfield 1984 © John Harris

05-04-1984 - Striking miners lobby Nottinghamshire Area NUM, Mansfield 1984 © Peter Arkell

05-04-1984 - Striking miners lobby Nottinghamshire Area NUM, Mansfield 1984 © Peter Arkell

06-04-1984 - Police arresting striking miners, Yorkshire 1984 © NLA

07-04-1984 - Striking Kent miners marching through London 1984 on their way to Nottingham to call on miners there to join in the national strike against pit closures. Months after this photograph was taken, 8 of t... © Stefano Cagnoni

07-04-1984 - Kent miners march through London Miners Strike 1984 on their way to Nottingham to call on miners there to join in a national strike against pit closures. Months after this photo was taken, 8 of the me... © Stefano Cagnoni

09-04-1984 - Striking miners handcuffed to a lamp post, 1984 Cresswell colliery, Derbyshire when 5,000 miners turned out to a mass picket. Police arresting young miners © Peter Arkell

09-04-1984 - Police arresting a young striking miner, mass picket, Cresswell colliery, Derbyshire 1984 © Peter Arkell

10-04-1984 - Striking miners picketing coal imports Wivenhoe 1984. Police prevent pickets from speaking to lorry drivers at the a small Essex port © John Sturrock

10-04-1984 - Striking miners stopping a coal lorry, Wivenhoe Port, 1984 near Colchester, Essex blocking the road to prevent coal being imported © John Sturrock

10-04-1984 - Close a pit kill a village. Kent miners 1984 marching to Nottinghamshire to seek support for the strike against pit closures. © NLA

10-04-1984 - Striking miners mass picket, Agecroft colliery, Lancashire, 1984 workers pushing against police lines. Miners strike © NLA

11-04-1984 - Hundreds of Police marching into Gedling colliery 1984 Nottinghamshire, to stop a mass picket of striking miners © Peter Arkell

12-04-1984 - Lobby of NUM executive conference, Sheffield 1984. Police and striking miners looking up as Arthur Scargill appears on a balcony to speak. © John Sturrock

14-04-1984 - Young striking miners from Bolsover protest, Nottingham 1984. Carrying a coffin: Don't let our NUM die. © John Harris

14-04-1984 - Ian MacGregor go back to USA. Miners Strike 1984, Nottingham. Protest to welcome striking Kent Miners who had marched from their pits in Kent to try and persuade their fellow Nottinghamshire NUM membe... © John Harris

14-04-1984 - Miners Strike 1984, Nottingham. Youth protest and welcome striking Kent Miners who had marched from their pits in Kent to try and persuade their fellow Nottinghamshire NUM members to stop working and... © John Harris

14-04-1984 - Notts miners for the strike, Nottingham, 1984. Arthur Scargill portrait, Royston Drift Branch banner. Miners Strike 1984, Protest to welcome striking Kent Miners who had marched from their pits in Ken... © John Harris

14-04-1984 - Miner's Strike rally Nottingham 1984, Protest to welcome striking Kent Miners who had marched from their pits in Kent to try and persuade their fellow Nottinghamshire NUM members to stop working and j... © John Harris

14-04-1984 - Striking miners protest, Nottingham 1984, banners and young miners on strike © John Sturrock

15-04-1984 - Young and old, miners strike protest Barnsley, 1984, South Yorkshire. The name on the skull refers to Sir Ian McGregor, chairman of the NCB during the strike. © Peter Arkell

15-04-1984 - Boys riding on a NUM banner, miners strike protest Barnsley 1984 © Peter Arkell

15-04-1984 - Policing a mass picket 1984 Ollerton Colliery, Nottinghamshire. Miners strike © John Harris

15-04-1984 - Policing a mass picket 1984 Ollerton Colliery, Nottinghamshire. Miners strike © John Sturrock

16-04-1984 - Arthur Scargill speaking at Ollerton Colliery, 1984 Nottinghamshire, where striking miner David Jones was killed. © Peter Arkell

16-04-1984 - Arthur Scargill leading striking miners, Ollerton colliery, 1984 Nottinghamshire, mass picket, Miners Strike 1984, after picket David Gareth Jones died © John Sturrock

18-04-1984 - Striking miners mass picket, Thorsby Colliery 1984 Nottinghamshire. Working miner driving past picket with a copy of The Miner newspaper with a headline The Fight's On. Miners strike © John Sturrock

19-04-1984 - Nottinghamshire striking miners lobbying NUM SDC 1984, NUM headquarters, Sheffield © Peter Arkell

19-04-1984 - Police arresting striking miners. 1984 NUM SDC meeting Sheffield. Decision to continue strike against pit closures © John Sturrock

19-04-1984 - Nottinghamshire striking miners lobbying NUM SDC 1984, NUM headquarters, Sheffield © John Sturrock

19-04-1984 - 1984 NUM SDC meeting Sheffield Yorkshire NUM HQ, called to decide whether the local dispute should become a national strike © John Harris

19-04-1984 - Striking miners lobby NUM Special Delegate Meeting, 1984 held at Yorkshire NUM HQ, called to determine whether the localised dispute should become a national strike of NUM members. © John Smith

19-04-1984 - Striking miners lobby NUM Special Delegate Meeting, 1984 held at Yorkshire NUM Hqs, called to determine whether the localised dispute should become a national strike of NUM members. Miner hold up a pl... © John Smith

19-04-1984 - Striking miners lobbying 1984 NUM SDC meeting Sheffield. Lobby of the SDC that made the strike official, Yorkshire © John Sturrock

19-04-1984 - Police arrest a striking miner. Lobby by striking miners of an NUM Special Delegate Meeting held at Yorkshire NUM Hqs, called to determine whether the localised dispute should become a national strike... © John Sturrock

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

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

25-04-1984 - Nottinghamshire striking miners lobby a 1984 delegate meeting, Nottinghamshire NUM headquarters, Mansfield, to demand support for the strike. © Ray Rising

25-04-1984 - Miners wives picketing Florence Colliery, 1984 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Miners strike © John Harris

25-04-1984 - Miners wives picketing Florence colliery, 1984, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. speaking to a working miner © John Harris

25-04-1984 - Coal stockpile, Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station 1984. Stockpiled coal to beat the miners strike, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

28-04-1984 - Striking miner with son on his shoulders, 1984 Miners strike protest, Greenwich, London © Stefano Cagnoni

29-04-1984 - NUM strike fund street collection, Liverpool Miners strike. Women donating money to striking miners © John Sturrock

30-04-1984 - Stuff the ballot! 1984 Striking miners occupying North Western Area NUM offices to stop an area conference. Miners strike © John Smith

01-05-1984 - Pickets, Lynemouth colliery 1984 Northumberland. Striking miners. Miners strike © Ray Rising

01-05-1984 - NUM divided. Striking miners oppose Working Miners Rally, Nottinghamshire, 1984. 1000 striking miners opposite 7,000 scabs, Nottinghamshire NUM Working Miners Rally Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, Notting... © John Sturrock

01-05-1984 - Miners protest Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, May Day. © John Harris

04-05-1984 - A striking miner with his two sons, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire © John Harris

05-05-1984 - Coal not Dole, Grimethorp NUM, May Day Rally, Barnsley Yorkshire © John Smith

07-05-1984 - Johnny Woods, Grimethorpe NUM, 15,000 striking miners protest, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

07-05-1984 - Ken Homer, Denis Skinner, Arthur Scargill, Peter Heathfield, Sammy Thompson, Jack Taylor, 15,000 Miners protest, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

07-05-1984 - 15,000 Striking miners protest, Mansfield, 1984, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

07-05-1984 - Arthur Scargill signing autographs, 1984, striking miners protest, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

07-05-1984 - Arthur Scargill speaking, Ken Coates (R) 1984 striking miners protest, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

07-05-1984 - Striking miners protest, Mansfield, 1984 Nottinghamshire © John Sturrock

07-05-1984 - Striking miners protest, Mansfield, 1984 Nottinghamshire. Vote Labour party sticker. © Peter Arkell

07-05-1984 - Striking miners protest, Mansfield, 1984 Nottinghamshire, their families, and supporters. Banner: Grass Pie Here We Come! © Peter Arkell

07-05-1984 - Striking miners protest, Mansfield, 1984 Nottinghamshire. Bentley NUM banner with the face of Arthur Scargill © Peter Arkell

07-05-1984 - Striking miners protest, Mansfield, 1984 Nottinghamshire © John Sturrock

07-05-1984 - Striking miners protest, Mansfield, 1984 Nottinghamshire © John Sturrock

10-05-1984 - Striking miners being dragged away, Scotland, 1984 Miners Strike, polices stop coaches of miners traveling to picket coal leaving BSC British Steel Hunterston Terminal. The 300 miners then sat down in... © John Sturrock

10-05-1984 - Womens support groups Rally, Barnsley 1984 in support of the miners strike. A boy holds up Victory To the Miners placard © Peter Arkell

11-05-1984 - Mass picket of striking miners Welbeck colliery, 1984 Nottinghamshire during the miners strike. © NLA

11-05-1984 - Mass picket of striking miners Welbeck colliery, 1984 Nottinghamshire miners strike. © NLA

12-05-1984 - Womens National protest, Miners Strike, 1984, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Arthur Scargill, Jack Taylor © John Smith

12-05-1984 - Womens National protest, Miners Strike, 1984, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Point of Ayr Colliery banner, women form North Wales © John Smith

12-05-1984 - Womens National protest, Miners Strike, 1984, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Women from Staffordshire © John Smith

12-05-1984 - Womens National protest, Miners Strike, 1984, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Barnsley Women © John Smith

12-05-1984 - Womens National protest, Miners Strike, 1984, Barnsley, Yorkshire, SEAM Easington women. © John Smith

12-05-1984 - Womens National protest Miners Strike, 1984 Barnsley, Yorkshire. Staffordshire women © John Smith