13 retro pictures of the miners strike in and around Worksop

Editor, Worksop Guardian

Published 12th Jan 2022, 15:08 GMT

Updated 31st Jan 2024, 13:01 GMT

Worksop and the surrounding area has a proud mining heritage, and the strikes and protests of the eighties were a huge story at the time.

Here we take a look back at the strikes at collieries in Harworth, Manton and Welbeck.

Have a look through this gallery and see if you can spot any familiar faces.

Police at the picket line at Harworth Colliery in August 1984. Photo: Dennis Lound

Police on horseback at the strike at Harworth Colliery. Photo: Dennis Lound

Another photograph showing police and miners in Harworth on August 8, 1984. Photo: Dennis Lound

Pickets and police at Welbeck Colliery on March 15, 1984. Photo: Ernest Catley

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