Food collection at Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent

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Date:1984 - 1985 (c.)

Description:The miner's strike of 1984 - 1985 saw many families suffer great hardship as striking workers lost all their pay and benefits. Food collection and distribution points like this one at Weston Coyney were set up to help struggling people.
This image is reproduced by kind permission of the North Staffordshire Miner's Wives Action Group.

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Source: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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