20 fantastic retro photographs of Nottinghamshire miners from the 60s to the 90s

Nottinghamshire has a proud mining heritage so we are taking a look back at some memorable events from the past 60 years.

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.

17. Blidworth Colliery closure

A sad day. Pictured is Arthur Scargill telling miners that the pit was going to close in 1989, Photo: submitted

Did you take part in the 1992 march in Mansfield? Photo: Roger Grayson

Another from the march against the pit closure programme in Mansfield Photo: Roger Grayson

Miners at Thoresby Colliery - do you recognise these faces? Photo: jp