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Ex-miner Gary Conley recalls his torn feelings over the 1984 strike.
How St Helens has strove to recover from the closure of the town's pits.
1984 TV news report on miners from St Helens and Bolton.
At the height of the miners’ strike in 1984 BBC Radio Merseyside visited Sutton Manor in St Helens.
Add your recollections of the 1984 miners strike to an interactive timeline.
25 years since the start of the miners' strike which split communities and families.
People in St Helens recall how the fight to save and the eventual closure of pits hit the town.
See BBC News' animated map of how the UK's coal mines disappeared.
Faith tells the gripping story of two sisters on different sides of the community during the strike.
BBC News - the story of the 1984/5 strike told using audio and archive pictures.
By 12 March 1984 187,000 mineworkers were on strike. Take a look back with BBC On This Day.
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