Coal picking at Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Miners strike in 1912 was one of the first nationwide strikes that was led by the newly formed Miners Union, who were demanding a national minimum wage. Many miners received no Union pay during the ...
Crackley Colliery, Chesterton
Crackley Colliery, police on strike duty.
Crackley Colliery was sunk as an ironstone pit on land owned by the Sneyd’s of Keele Hall. These top pits were recorded as having been filled in around 1884. ...
Fanny Deakin and A J Cook, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Fanny Deakin is pictured here A J Cook, trade unionist and miners' leader. This photograph may well have been taken during the General Strike of 1926, when they led a march of 200 or 300 miners through ...
Merry Widow, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken during the 1921 Miners Strike.
During strikes, if miners knew where the coal seams outcropped, they would dig small open cast mines, such as the one pictured.
People relied ...