Fig 1: Dilemma of Nottinghamshire Miners cartoon, Newstead Colliery, April 1984. Source – David Amos collection

Pro and anti strike propaganda started appearing on picket lines, on notice boards and via the post at Nottinghamshire collieries in late March and early April 1984.

Fig 2: Correspondence sent to Annesley NUM Office in late March 1984. Source – David Amos collection

Fig 3: 1984-85 miners strike propaganda at Blidworth Colliery village, March 1984. Photo credit – Chad newspaper

Fig 4: A Strikebreaker is a Traitor – Jack London’s definition of a Scab, which circulated the Nottinghamshire coalfield during the early months of the 1984-85 miners strike. Source – David Amos collection

Fig 5: Psalm 43 – an anti strike poem circulating the Nottinghamshire coalfield in March and April 1984. Source – David Amos collection

Fig 6: Cover of Private Eye, 23rd March 1984.

Fig 7: Three white feathers sent to Annesley NUM Office, early April 1984. Source – David Amos collection

Fig 8: Support the Strike NUM propaganda – April 1984.