
Words of encouragement for Arthur Scargill as he drinks a cup of tea in a cafe after his appearance in court at Rotherham on charges of obstruction
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Children enjoying a Christmas party at Frickley colliery welfare with food donated from supporters, South Elmsall, Yorkshire.
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Children enjoying a Christmas party at Frickley colliery welfare with food donated from supporters, South Elmsall, Yorkshire.
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A miner signing up for picket duty, Armthorpe miners welfare, Doncaster
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Scabs walking into Manvers Main colliery, Yorkshire
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Scabs being brought into a colliery in Yorkshire
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Miners’ Strike, striking miners riddling for coal on an old colliery tip. The tip is being landscaped by the local council and the earth moving equipment helps uncover the coal.
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Riddling coal – picking coal from the waste of the closed and derelict Elsecar Main colliery, South Yorkshire
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Strikers collecting logs from a makeshift sawmill at Armthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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Nurses join miners on a Christmas picket line, Rossington Colliery, Doncaster, Yorkshire © John Sturrock/reportdigital.co.uk

They shall not starve, Hemsworth kitchen, women with meals for striking miners, nr Pontefract
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Manchester USDAW Kelloggs workers hand over £200 and breakfast cereals to striking miners kitchen, Pontefract, Yorkshire
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Stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle performing in a benefit gig for single miners at Christmas. Armthorpe Miners Welfare, miners strike Armthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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Party organised by trade union members of the London print branches of SOGAT for the children of striking miners from the Betteshanger & Tilmanstone collieries in Kent as Christmas approached, nine months after the start of the national miners’ strike.
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Food parcels for single men, Including Christmas chickens, been distributed from Rossington miners welfare, Doncaster.
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Bagging up coal for striking miners. Rossington miners welfare, Doncaster.
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Food parcels for single men, Including Christmas chickens, been distributed from Rossington miners welfare, Doncaster.
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Santa claus giving out presents at a Christmas party for miners children, Frickley, South Yorkshire
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Preparing a Christmas dinner at Denaby & Cadeby Miners’ Welfare, Yorkshire. © John Sturrock reportdigital.co.uk

Picket Line at Christmas with tree, Denby Grange colliery
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