The coal mines employed thousands of residents over the years until their eventual closure, but the memories still remain.
From record-breaking shifts, to miners galas and strikes, our photographs capture it all.
Have a look through and take yourselves back to the sixties through to the nineties.
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5. 1965 Mansfield Miners Gala
Another from the 1965 Miners Gala - do you recognise anyone in the crowd? Photo: JPI Media
6. 1968 Miners Gala
1968 Miners Gala and Rally - recognise any of these faces? Photo: JPI Media
7. Bentinck Colliery
Bentinck Colliery pit record 1992 Miners smashed the old record of 55,000 tonnes with a massive 61,000 tonnes Photo: JPI Media
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