From record-breaking shifts, to miners galas and strikes, our photographs capture it all.
Have a look through and take yourselves back to the 60s through to the 1990s.
1. Miners' Wives demonstration
Do you remember the demonstration against pit closures? Photo: JPI Media
2. Rufford Colliery
In October 1990 miners at Rufford Colliery smashed a 20 year production record at the pit producing 28,000 at 6.78 tonnes per man shift Photo: JPI Media
3. Mansfield Miners Gala
There was a great turn out for the Mansfield Miners Gala in 1965 - do you remember it? Photo: JPI Media
4. 1965 Mansfield Miners Gala
Another from the 1965 Miners Gala - do you recognise anyone in the crowd? Photo: JPI Media