Rose Heyworth Colliery Closure Commemorative Tie. I had the honour of designing this tie along with the colliery badge. I was asked by the colliery lodge to come up with a design for the both items and combined the similar theme for the tie and badge. There were only about 450 official badges and ties produced in 1985.   Point …

Cwmtillery Colliery Closure Commemorative Medallion. This Medallion was issued upon the closure of the Cwmtillery Colliery – Abertillery New Mine Cwmtillery Section in 1982. The sinking date is wrong and there is a lot of misconceptions about this however the correct date of sinking is 1842. There was also a commemorative tie issued at the same time. The blue and …

Cwmtillery Colliery Closure Commemorative Tie. This tie was issued upon the closure of the Cwmtillery Colliery – Abertillery New Mine Cwmtillery Section in 1982. The sinking date is wrong and there is a lot of misconceptions about this however the correct date of sinking is 1842. The Cwmtillery Colliery commemorative closure tie was not designed by anyone local to the …

The Marine Colliery Strike Badge. The featured badge is from the Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale issued during the miners strike 1984-85. It is a large design badge about an inch and a quarter in size.

The Marine Colliery Closure Commemorative Plaque and Badge. This commemorative plaque in a black plastic case was given to the miners of the Marine Colliery, Cwm upon the event of its closure. The small badge (left) was also issued at its closure in 1989.            

National Union of Mineworkers Tie. These N.U.M. neck ties were issued in three different colours – Red, green and blue. They also came in a wide and narrow design. This blue tie is the wide version.

National Union of Mineworkers Tie. These N.U.M. neck ties were issued in three different colours – Red, green and blue. They also came in a wide and narrow design.  This green tie is the wide version.

National Union of Mineworkers Tie. These N.U.M. neck ties were issued in three different colours – Red, green and blue. They also came in a wide and narrow design.  This red tie is the narrow version.

National Union of Mineworkers Tie Pins. Two N.U.M. tie pins. The tie pin design on the (left) was issued and used during the 1984-85 miners strike. The one on the (right) which is slightly smaller is an original from the 1972 miners strike and is quite rare. 

United Mine Workers of America. The American Mining Union U.M.W.A. was founded in Ohio in 1892. Various U.M.W.A. badges were sent over to the UK in 1984 and distributed amongst the pickets and union representatives. Mr Arthur Scargill had one of these sew-on patches (as seen in the featured image above) on his baseball cap while he was at the …