21 forgotten pictures of life in Sheffield's pits

By Lucy Ball

Published 15th Jan 2020, 16:17 BST

Updated 10th Feb 2020, 11:45 BST

The black gold of the north was mined across the city for decades.

Take a nostalgic look back at life in the pits in and around Sheffield and relive the city’s industrial past with these distant memories.

1. Vitamin D break

Manvers colliery solarium 9 May 1942 | JPIMedia Photo: Julia Armstrong

Charlie Williams with lads from Upton Colliery - Bridlington 1953 | Other 3rd Party Photo: Peter Tuffrey

Hickleton Main colliery with rescued miners in October 1960 | JPIMedia Photo: Submitted pic

Maltby Colliery miners leaving the cage on 17 December 1963 | JPIMedia Photo: Peter Tuffrey