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Stay-in strikers return. John James washes the back of his friend Arnold Moyle. February 1960 P018171
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visits the Mosley Common Colliery, Lancashire. The Duke rides in a bucket (or " hoppit" ) down the 975 yard shaft with Mr C.H Richards (manager no 4 pit)
Merthyr Vale, South Wales. 1962. At Merthyr Vale, where long lines of houses stretch out from the colliery, the valley of the Taff still retains some of its beauty. Picture taken 25th August 1962
Up-to-date methods in coal mining are portrayed by this picture of a modern pit-head at Dudley. February 1939
From the face to the main haulage, some as long as half a mile, the tubs have to pushed by men through absolute darkness. Sometimes the roof is just an inch higher than the tb
Digging for victory - 1947 style. September 1947 P017721
A coalminer at a colliery. 21st January 1974. P017737
Nationalisation of mines at Penallta Colliery near Ystradmynach. January 1947 P018221
A party of housewives and men were invited to pay a visit to Tilmanstone Colliery, to see how the miner works. When the party arrived
Col. C. G. Lancaster, M. P. (Chairman of B. A. Collieries)Col. C.G. Lancaster, M.P. (Chairman of B.A. Collieries). Cutting the first sod to commence the sinking of the New Calverton Shaft at Calverton, Notts, today. January 1946 P018146
Notice board outside Barony Colliery in Ayrshire which was closed by subsidencies in the shafts and where four men were killed today. November 1962 P018147
Dicko Richards (49) a screen hand with mothers boy helmet. December 1971 P018199
Coloured saftey helmets. Jackie Bevan (47) a circuit operator with I m only here for the beer helmet. December 1971 P018201
Pictures taken at the Open Cast Coal Mine at Mitchesons Gill, near Durham, where a six foot thick seam of coal is being worked which lies beneath 70 of shale and other deposits
Coal Miners at Pennallta Colliery, Ystrad Mynach, Glamorgan. June 1969 P018197
This decoration has fired the enthusiasm of the lads who now wear the gaily painted helmets as they go about their work. December 1971 P018202
A popular figure at the Haigh pit, Whitehaven, Cumberland, is 14 stone Mrs. Margaret Aitken. Washes the face of one woman while the other laughs and looks on. December 1955 P017796
