24 photos that show Wakefield during the miners' strike of 1984/85

Next month marks 35 years since the beginning of the miners' strike of 1984-85.
Pictures of the strike in the Wakefield district.Pictures of the strike in the Wakefield district.
Pictures of the strike in the Wakefield district.

Starting on March 6 1984 and lasting a whole year until March 3 1985, major industrial action was brought to shut down the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent colliery closures.

Here are photos from our archive of Wakefield and the surrounding area at that time: