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Reading Miners Support Group. Broad Street, Reading. 28th November 1992
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
Former Iron stone miner Jim Easton, 84, was one of the last to leave Skinningrove mine when it closed in 1958 - and the first to go back when it opened as The Tom Leonard Mining Museum
Opal mining at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. 25th September 1977
Lead Mine, Rhydymwyn, near Mold, Flintshire, Wales, 5th March 1938. Miners return to surface
Stained glass window at Christ Church, Great Ayton, depicting groups of workers from various trades and professions through the ages
Coal - Miners - General mining shot showing a miner with the winding gear in the background c.1992
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
Lord Robens relaxes after coming to the surface at Britannia Colliery, Pengam, where he was underground for two hours - 12th Feb 1969
Miners Union: Joe Gormley and George Rees. January 1975 S75-0383-001
Sir Ian McGregor Chairman of the National Coal Board telling the media of the breakdown in their talks with the Miners Union Strike Action
Joe Gormley: National Union of Mineworkers. June 1976
Pit pony keeper Jimmy Whitton with one of the ponies he looks after
A farewell kiss for Pip from horse-keeper Alan Graham at Durhams Sacriston Colliery, as they clocked off for the last time
At the ripe old age of 15, Cappy, Clive, Chance, Battle and Star have come to the end of the seam, they all retired. With them is their handler Mr. George Strathmore at Harton Colliery
The fire and rescue team practicing to revive a miner overpowered at the coal face. 18th July 1937
Pit deputy Roy Cole who is to look after pit pony Silver after Fishburn Colliery closes
Pit pony Stevie and handler Alex Pickering
Pit pony Pip with handler, Mr. Keith Houghton at Beamish Open Air Museum
Prince the pit pony being groomed by Mr. Tom Holland at Team Colliery Granary, Birtley
Twenty five years old Norman Chambers, a coal hewer and putter, is moving to Marley Hill Colliery now the last pit in the North West Durham coalfield
Conveyor belt operator Fred Bolton watches as the 1, 000, 000th ton of coal comes from the combined collieries at Lynemouth and Ellington
A miner ready to start his shift wearing traditional clothes
The ritual that will soon be only a memory of "the bad old days"The ritual that will soon be only a memory of " the bad old days" - retired miner Basil takes a dip in the tin bath in front of the fire
Ex pitman sixty nine year old bill Newby in his old tin bath which will be going out the door now that his house is being modernised
Ex pitman sixty nine year old Bill Newby celebrating getting a proper bath installed in his home after years of using the tin bath
Miner Jimmy Bruce takes advantage of a new facility at the Vane Tempest pit in Durham. They now have a choice of three creams to cleanse and moisturise
A miner looks over the fence toward the Gorkie Colliery during the miners strike in World War Two. The flagstaff at the top of the pithead is now bare
Manager, Charlie Fisher, of the Smithy Dene Drift Coal Mine, Chester-le-Street, at work checking the props
Lamp man Jack Storey lit his last miners lamp at the Morrison Busty pit at Annfield Plain just before it was closed
Miners of Chesswell Colliery pose together for a group photograph. January 1948 P018222
Glyn Hamblyn of Dinas, Rhondda - 14 year old Pit worker. June 1943 P018196
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
A coal miner before the huge Bevercotes Colliery. Time office of the pit. December 1969 Z11710-002
