The North-East, with its rich coal fields, was among the regions hardest hit by a dispute pitting police and pickets against each other and which even divided families.
Here are just some of our pictures taken in East Durham during the year-long strike.
![NUM leader Arthur Scargill, at the centre of the front row, at Easington in July 1984.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM5MmVlMDI1LTBiMmItNGRjYS1iNmJhLWZjNjkyOTk4MmYxMjozODZhYmJkOS05NzNlLTRmYjEtYTRmYi0yNTM1ZTVlNDNkMGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Strike leader
NUM leader Arthur Scargill, at the centre of the front row, at Easington in July 1984. Photo: SE
![Pickets and police outside Easington Colliery in August 1984.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVlNTYxNGM5LWE1OTMtNDQ0Ny1hYTExLWNiMGE4MzY2YTIwZToyMGEyMGNmNi1mYzMzLTQxMGItOTkyNy1lOTEyNmU1MjIxMmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![A demonstration passes through Easington in October 1984.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNhYmM2MWEyLTYyZGYtNGNiMy04Zjg3LWE1MDFhMzhjODhkMTowYjc5YzIwMi1iNTE0LTQ0YjEtOWM5Mi0zNGZlZTE4MjQ2ZTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![NUM leader Arthur Scargill, second right in the front row, chuckles while visiting Easington in July 1984.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNhODUzNzY4LTk5MDctNDY5ZC05YjU3LThhNmY0NDY1YmQ0YzpjNDdhNjk1OC0yZTcyLTQzMWItYWQwOC01ZWU2NTRkYzdiODM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. Leading the way
NUM leader Arthur Scargill, second right in the front row, chuckles while visiting Easington in July 1984. Photo: SE
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