Sixteen miners donned their steel hats and entered the cage at Boldon Colliery for the last time on Thursday, June 24, 1982Sixteen miners donned their steel hats and entered the cage at Boldon Colliery for the last time on Thursday, June 24, 1982
Sixteen miners donned their steel hats and entered the cage at Boldon Colliery for the last time on Thursday, June 24, 1982 | JPIMedia Resell

Miners' Strike 35 years on: 15 pictures of life down the pit in South Tyneside

By Sarah Sinclair
Published 5th Mar 2020, 16:45 BST
Updated 6th Mar 2020, 10:32 BST
This week marks 35 years since the end of the miners’ strike so we have looked back to what life was like for miners in the borough back in the day.

Join us on a trip down memory lane, as we take a look back at life down the pits in South Tyneside.

Sixteen miners donned their steel hats and entered the cage at Boldon Colliery for the last time on Thursday, June 24, 1982

. The last shift, 1982

Sixteen miners donned their steel hats and entered the cage at Boldon Colliery for the last time on Thursday, June 24, 1982 | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo

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July 1983. The banner may be battered, the pit closed but the spirit of the Marsden Lodge lives on.

. The Marsden spirit, 1983

July 1983. The banner may be battered, the pit closed but the spirit of the Marsden Lodge lives on. | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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Whitburn Pit, which closed in 1968.

. Whitburn Pit, 1968

Whitburn Pit, which closed in 1968. | Johnston Press Photo: Sunderland Echo

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Miners coming off picket duty queue up for soup and tea at a kitchen set up for them and their families at Boldon Miners Hall in February 1972.

. Tea break, 1972

Miners coming off picket duty queue up for soup and tea at a kitchen set up for them and their families at Boldon Miners Hall in February 1972. | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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Striking miners and their families stage a protest march to highlight the threat of electricity being cut off at miners' homes because of non payment of bills, in May 1984

. A family affair, 1984

Striking miners and their families stage a protest march to highlight the threat of electricity being cut off at miners' homes because of non payment of bills, in May 1984 | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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Pickets stand guard at Westoe's main gate in October 1986.

. Standing guard, 1986

Pickets stand guard at Westoe's main gate in October 1986. | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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Glenn McCrory (left) pictured at Westoe pit in 1989, just after winning the world cruiserweight title, with his uncle Westoe miner Arthur Barrass.

. Champions, 1989

Glenn McCrory (left) pictured at Westoe pit in 1989, just after winning the world cruiserweight title, with his uncle Westoe miner Arthur Barrass. | Other 3rd Party Photo: Harton & Westoe Miners' Welfare.

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July 1983. The banner may be battered, the pit closed but the spirit of the Marsden Lodge lives on.

1. The Marsden spirit, 1983

July 1983. The banner may be battered, the pit closed but the spirit of the Marsden Lodge lives on. | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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Whitburn Pit, which closed in 1968.

2. Whitburn Pit, 1968

Whitburn Pit, which closed in 1968. | Johnston Press Photo: Sunderland Echo

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Miners coming off picket duty queue up for soup and tea at a kitchen set up for them and their families at Boldon Miners Hall in February 1972.

3. Tea break, 1972

Miners coming off picket duty queue up for soup and tea at a kitchen set up for them and their families at Boldon Miners Hall in February 1972. | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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Striking miners and their families stage a protest march to highlight the threat of electricity being cut off at miners' homes because of non payment of bills, in May 1984

4. A family affair, 1984

Striking miners and their families stage a protest march to highlight the threat of electricity being cut off at miners' homes because of non payment of bills, in May 1984 | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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