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Husband Tom, home from the pit, likes a look at the paper as his wife waits to dish up dinner in Stanley, County Durham. 1st February 1947
Gelli Colliery. Gelli is a village in the Rhondda Fawr valley, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. The view from Alexander Road, pictured in the background in a coal tip. Circa 1953
Deep Pit colliery, east Bristol, closed in 1935. Circa 1900
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
The crew of The Flying Scotsman re-coaling the engine following her journey from Tyseley depot to Didcot 15th June 1974 Gentle giant
Glenda Jackson, and other Labour party members delivering a mass petition against coal pit closures to Downing Street, London. 22nd December 1992
Labour party, Glenda Jackson and Robin Cook and party delivering a mass petition against coal pit closures to Downing Street, London. 22nd December 1992
The Hamstead Colliery Fire of 4th March 1908, killed 26 men in one day. When a fire broke out there were 31 miners in the pit, 6 escaped before poisonous fumes built up in the roadways
New coke ovens open at South Bank, Middlesbrough. 1971
Seaham Harbour Colliery where work is being resumed after a stoppage in October. 20th January 1931
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
The Palace of Westminster August 1939
A ship loading anthracite coal by conveyor at the Swansea docks. Circa January 1937
1972 Miners Strike. Ash bin at the back of a terrace overlooking the Monmouthshire Valley, at Newbridge, Monmouthshire. Taken to help illustrate the 1972 Miners Strike, 19th January 1972
Monktonhall was one of the Scottish super pits sunk in the 1950s intended to supply the new generation of Power stations. They were the most modern
Father Christmas arrives at Big Pit, Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales, 4th December 1986. Where he will be in his underground grotto every weekend until Christmas
Hednesford, Staffordshire, Monday 31st January 1972
Coal Dump, Northampton Street, Birmingham, Wednesday 9th February 1972
Scavenging for Coal, Hednesford, Staffordshire, Monday 31st January 1972
Father Christmas meets Nitesh Patel 10 (left) and Hina Kian 9, 300 ft below ground at Big Pit, Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales, 4th December 1986
The National Miners Strike 1947 Miners at Ryhope, who have decided that striking winders must not be allowed to resume work at the pit, watch the idle pithead 6 May 1947
Chimney sweep in London with with brush and rods, May 1937
The London and North Eastern Railway Class U1 Beyer-Garratt locomotive, designed for banking coal trains. 29th April 1949
Out of service Kings class locomotives pictured at Stafford Road depot in Wolverhampton. September 1962
London Northwestern Locomotive 0-6-0 number 147 stationed at Crewe. Circa 1896
New robotic coal cutter seen here at work in the Bolsover Colliery Company Clipstone Colliery in Nottinghamshire 28th November 1946
The interior of the Coal and Shipping Exchange building, Dock, Cardiff. 17th January 1955
Coal - Miners - Miners in the lamp room at Merthyr Vale Colliery - 20th February 1974
Coal Queen Arlene puts a stop to swear-words at the coal face. The 1, 800 pitmen at a Yorkshire colliery were on their best behaviour yesterday-for they were hosts to a coal queen
Villagers at Lochgelly, hard at work digging for top quality coal from an old seam, February 1972
A woman and children join in the coal dig at the new Kilmarnoch site, May 1971
Miner George Purcell and wife Brenda, pcitured with baby daughter Caroline at Bilston Glen Colliery in Loanhead. Midlothian, Scotland, January 1972
The Elizabethan travelling through Newcastle Central Station non-stop on 30th June 1953
The people of Craghead in County Durham are taking the chance of a bit of free coal by digging down into the slag heaps around the village on 10th October 1969
Outside Kings Cross engine sheds locomotives stand idle on 1st June 1955 - a sight likely to make Londoners angry, as they are forced to walk to work or are stranded in seaside resorts
Christmas - Father Christmas arrives at Big Pit, Blaenavon, where he will be in his grotto underground each weekend until Christmas - Father Christmas has an extra grotto this Christmas
James Griffiths, MP for Llanelli guest speaker at the South Wales Miners Gala which was being held at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - 14th June 1969
John Redwood - Miner Andrew Walker (left) meets the Secretary of State for Wales John Redwood during his visit to Tower Colliery at Hirwaun - 6th March 1995
David Lloyd George pictured during a visit to the colliery at Mountain Ash talking with miners, cap in hands - 10th May 1934
A right foot shuffle from jack Charlton with 62 year old Louisa Ramshaw the the Horden Colliery Lodge during the Durham Miners Gala in July 1980
Linton Colliery, Ashington with miners going down on the last shift before closure. September 1968
Pitman Wilf Barnes takes the last bag of coal from Burradon Colliery November 1975
The cramped conditions at Ellington Colliery, near the pits most productive face. Pressure had lowered the roof by nearly three feet, trapping equipment. October 1984
Mobile winders at North Delavel Colliery, September 1956
Giant winding wheels top the 200-foot high head gear at Bates Colliery, Blyth. 0
Ashington Colliery. Final shift comes to the surface, March 1988
Westoe Colliery silhouetted against the sky, October 1992
End of an era. Last shift comes to the surface at Ashington Colliery, March 1988
