Bentley Colliery
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Bentley Colliery was a coal mine in Bentley, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, that operated between 1906 and 1993. In common with many other mines, it suffered disasters and accidents. The
The raised ground is the spoil tip from the former Bentley Colliery
From 1984 until 1985, a major miners' strike shook the British coal industry in response to proposed closures of uneconomic pits. It was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers aga
Bentley Colliery
…Hand getting of coal had stopped by 1945 and the process was fully mechanised by the late 1960s. The miners from Bentley went on strike during the 1984–1985 Miners' Strike. They also had sporadic incidents of strikes in 1988 after management accused three developmental miners of not making sufficient progress. Within three…
Support the Miners March, London, 1984
Blackhall Colliery in County Durham in 1970
Margaret Thatcher in 1983
A badge produced by Kent NUM in support of the miners' strike