They show the pits and the miners who worked at them and the times when they took strike action, supported by their families – including armed soldiers outside a pit during one early strike. To find these pictures, go to the Picture Sheffield website, www.picturesheffield.com, which has pictures and photographic gifts on sale. You can find them by searching using the reference numbers in the captions.
9. Rehabilitation work
Miners working with the occupational therapist at the Miners' Rehabilitation Centre, Royal Hospital Woofindin Annexe, Woofinden Hall, Whiteley Woods, Fulwood on September 9, 1949. Ref no: h00312 Photo: Picture Sheffield
10. Black gold
Sections of Elsecar Colliery, the property of Earl Fitzwilliam, part of the Wentworth Estate, in 1793. Plan by Joshua Biram. Ref no: arc03411 Photo: Picture Sheffield