Miners Collection

Adrian Street, Welsh professional wrestler, pictured with his father, a coal miner, 2nd November 1974. A.k.a. Kid Tarzan Jonathan, The Nature Boy, Hells Angel #1

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

Shaft and gear at Vane Tempest Colliery, Seaham

Coal Miners at Whitwick Colliery hwere they smashed the record for the country producing 258 tons Circa 1960

The last shift of miners prepare to go down Boldon Colliery bringing to a close 116 years of coal production

Arthur Scargill of the NUM talks with miners on strike 1984

Adrian Street, Welsh professional wrestler, pictured with his father, a coal miner. 2nd November 1974

Babington Colliery in Cinderhill Nottingham 24th February 1950

The first trucks of coal from South Pit, Glyncorrwg 1906

Terraced streets of Easington with the gear towers of the local pit head in the background

A miner at work underground in a coal mine. August 1984 P017840

Miners at Langley Park Colliery on their way to work stop for a glance at their record after achieving their target during the recent 12 weeks period. 20th September 1943

Shaft sinking record at Boulby Mine. 1971

Miner Ken Black clocking off the last underground shift at Bates Pit, Blyth in May 1986

Murton Colliery silhouetted against a night sky

Owing to the diminishing coal supplies and bad weather, deliveries of coal to the housewife have been slowed down and many are trekking with prams and wheelbarrows to coal wharfs

A sad moment as miners for the last time hang up their lampsat the doomed Silksworth colliery, one of County Durhams best know mines

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

Queen Elizabeth visits visiting Silverwood Colliery, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, is behind her. Picture taken 30th July 1975

The last shift at Cotgrave Colliery, one of the last miners underground holds a Davy lamp. Circa 1992

Miners in the pithead baths following a shift underground at Mosley Common Colliery Lancashire England, showering after their shift August 1954

Arthur Scargill: Leader of the National Union of Miners Arthur Scargill at home with his wife. June 1980 80-03110-002

Coal Miners shower after their shift in the pit head. February 1942 P018169

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

Theres a look of keen anticipation on the faces of these Bevin Boys about to make their first descent of the Moirrison Pit. 19th January 1944

Boy trainees get their lamps before going below to the Ashington Colliery Companys underground school. 30th April 1942

Bevin Boys attendng the Annefield Plain pit school seen leaving the Morrison Pit after descending the mine. 23rd January 1944

Pit-head bathes at the Hamstead Colliery in Hamstead, South Staffordshire. 24th August 1937

South Row, West Sleekburn. Once 60 miners families lived there. Now there are only a handful. 27th February 1962

The last shift at Cotgrave Colliery, returns to the surface. Circa 1992

A miner below ground at Cotgrave Colliery for the final shift before the mine is closed. Circa 1992

Miners of the Bullclliffe Colliery near Wakefield seen here coming off shift. 30th July 1963

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

Miners at the Morrison Busty Colliery. 24th February 1971

Coal miners Phillip Jenkins (left) and Chris Lee seen here at the Taff Merthyr Colliery, South Wales. 23rd March 1983

Anger and frustration at Cardowan Colliery after Bert Wheeler of the Scottish Coal Board, officially announces that the loss making pit - 10 million per year - is to close, 13th May 1983

Miners Strike 1984 - 1985, Pictured. Chief Supt. Bryan Meadows, shows damage to one of South Yorkshire Police Horse Boxes, at Sheffield Stables, Wednesday 7th November 1984

A miner working the coal face circa 1930s

Miners at Coventry Colliery seen here working at the coal face. 5th March 1987

Coal - Wales - Penallta Colliery at Hengoed - 23rd June 1970

Miners working at the coal face at the Frances Colliery in Scotland. 2nd March 1983

Richard Budge (centre) in the cage at Ellington Colliery

Wearmouth Colliery at a standstill after closure in November 1993

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