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.

Pickets at Welbeck Colliery, Worksop in 1984. Photo: Ernest Catley

A photograph from the miners strike at Welbeck in March 1984. Photo: Ernest Catley

Pickets at Welbeck Colliery, Worksop. Photo: Ernest Catley

A sign at Manton Colliery during the miners strike October 1, 1984. Photo: Brian Vaughan

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