Miner Collection

Arthur Scargill at home near Barnsley, Yorkshire. One of Arthurs possessions is a clock with a face made of coal. The painting was done by Margaret Burlton

Miners coming off shift at the end of a hard day at the coal face. Circa 1960s

Wirral Colliery at Neston, just before the general strike. Wirral miners were the first to come out when the employers cut their wages. 10th April 1925

Oliver Kilbourn of Ashington, with one of his paintings. 2nd July 1991

73-year-old Jack Lisle strides back to his home in Chesnut Street, Ashington, after his shift at Woodhorn Colliery, where he is the oldest miner

Arthur Scargill and his wife Anne at home near Barnsley, Yorkshire, with their dog Ginger. 19th November 1980

Artist Tom McGuinness, a member of the Spennymoor Settlement. Circa 1991

Norman Cornish, the miner-artist from Spennymoor, who still works underground at the Dean and Chapter Colliery, will be having an exhibition of his paintings

Having changed their clothes, working miners leave the changing room and make their way to the pit at Betteshanger Colliery, Kent. 22nd February 1985

Arthur Scargill working at home near Barnsley, Yorkshire. 19th November 1980

Food parcels being packed and distributed by the miners wives at the Community Hall, Dyffryn Cellwen, Wales. 26th July 1984

Miners from Woolley Colliery, near Barnsley, at the Welfare Club for the ballot today. Pictured is Arthur Scargill. 23rd February 1972

Miners leader Arthur Scargill faced questions from an audience selected by a leading market research organisation to represent a cross-section of Britains voters

Arthur Scargill at the Ramsgate Miners Rally, Kent. 20th November 1984

Yorkshire mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill has it on a plate. He has challenged a nuclear scientist to an eating contest which will involve him eating coal if the challenge is taken up

The entrance to the main drift at the Belsay Colliery, Northumberland, it is now three-quarters of a mile in length, and has 250 feet of cover. That is the depth of the surface to the coal

Parc Level Mine, Rhiwfawr, Swansea Valley. A tram of coal is brought out by Kenyon Guinn. 18th April 1967

Northumberland County Technical College at Ashington, heard a series of readings and dramatised readings of Sid Chaplins work

Oliver Kilbourn, a former coal face worker at Ellington Colliery is the sole surviving founder member of what became known as the Ashington group of painters

Painter Oliver Kilbourn and his work. "I was a damn good miner. I liked the life
Painter Oliver Kilbourn and his work. " I was a damn good miner. I liked the life. You are battling against nature. Not just this nature all around, but what was laid down millions of years ago

North East artist Norman Cornish pictured at his exhibition. Norman is marking his 70th birthday with the publication of his memoirs together with the first exhibition of his work for nearly a

The shot hole driller looks like a modern Hercules in modern industry, Daily Mirror Published Picture Wednesday 15th May 1935, Pages 16 & 17

Doc Rosecrans a gold prospector on Superstition mountain, Apache Junction, Arizona. Where he digs for gold and searches for the legendary lost Dutchman mine

Three apprentices from the modern Westoe Colliery, pictured on the beach at South Shields, County Durham, with the colliery in the background. April 1967

Three apprentices and a canteen girl from the modern Westoe Colliery, pictured on the beach at South Shields, County Durham, with the colliery in the background. April 1967

The Archbishop of Canterbury Donald Coggan visits Betteshanger Colliery, Kent. The colliery was established in the 1920s. Poor to shaft sinking the sod was cut by the then Archbishop of Canterbury in

Trainee miner seen here at work. Part of the Daily Herald Youth in Industry Feature 6th April 1954

President of the National Union of Mineworkers Arthur Scargill speaks to miners at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. 5th January 1985

Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers. 20th July 1990

Kelvin Bailey and his new tattoo of Arthur Scargill. 20th September 1984

Miners at Ellington celebrate digging out 1, 000, 000 tonnes of coal. Mark Saunders, Steven Fuller, Graeme Crisps, Tom Spain, Keith Stobbart, Barry McDonald and Ray Middleton. 1st October 1986

Miners soon after leaving work at Montagu Colliery, Newcastle, cast their votes at the Montague Miners Welfare Hall Polling Station, Newcastle

Proper training for boys joining the mining industry. Picture shows a class at the Easington Residential Training Centre being given a practical lecture on various types of pit lamps. Circa 1948

Christina Johnson with Jack Harrison and their competition paintings. Pitman artist Jack Harrison, the former deputy at Ashlington Colliery won second prize

Writer Sid Chaplin, pictured sitting in a chair. Circa 1983

Writer Sid Chaplin. Circa 1983

Oliver Kilbourn (right), a former coal face worker at Ellington Colliery is the sole surviving founder member of what became known as the Ashington group of painters

Artist Norman Cornish. Circa 1989

Three German miners admire the work of Norman Cornish, the Durham miner artist, at his exhibition in the Stone Gallery, Newcastle

Ex-miner takes up painting, Teesside. 1974

A miner goes back to work in Fishburn, County Durham. 1972

One of the numbers by the Northumberland Youth Brass Band at the Ashington Festival was dedicated to author Sid Chaplin. Here the author (second left) listens to two members

Norman Cornish, the Spennymoor pitman artist who has never had an art lesson in his life, is to be paid £ 1000 by Durham County Council for a giant canvas of the Durham Miners Gala. Circa 1959

The co-authors of "Close the Coalhouse Door"have a reunion when they meet at
The co-authors of " Close the Coalhouse Door" have a reunion when they meet at the University Theatre, Newcastle, for the opening night

Miners enjoying a drink after work. 4th February 1947

Dinner time for Pitman Tom, at home in Stanley. He is pictured with his wife and children. 1st February 1947

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

Reading Miners Support Group. Broad Street, Reading. 28th November 1992

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