Families picking coal from a colliery soil heap. The early 20th century photograph shows men, women and children sorting through the waste material produced by the mine looking for coal to take home for fuel. Colliery buildings can be seen in the background, including a chimney and pit wheel. A policeman is watching the pickers. The photograph is likely to have been taken during one of the early 20th century miners strikes

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