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

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.

9. Boldon Colliery closure, 1982

Boldon Colliery, which closed in 1982. | JPIMedia Photo: SE

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10. Boldon Colliery, 1969

Boldon Colliery pit head and employees in November 1969. | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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11. Can I count on your vote? 1964

Arthur Blenkinsop, Labour candidate for South Shields, talking to miners George Falconer, Bill Bissett, Ronnie Moffatt, during a visit to Westoe Colliery in October 1964. | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Shields Gazette

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12. Marching band, 1983

The Westoe Lodge banner is paraded through the streets of Durham at the Miners' Gala in 1983. | Johnston Press Resell Photo: Hartlepool Mail

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