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Shaun McLoughlin was on strike for a year as a newly married, 22-year-old apprentice in 1984.

Shaun McLoughlin was on strike for a year as a newly married, 22-year-old apprentice in 1984.

Shaun McLoughlin was on strike for a year as a newly married, 22-year-old apprentice in 1984.

It is the first time the National Coal Mining Museum has put a collection online.

Events marking 40 years since the miners' strike.

40 years since the miners' strike

Workers at the National Coal Mining Museum secure increases of up to 10.5%, according to Unison.

In his latest return to the picketing front-line, the 84-year-old pensioner this time stood with museum staff in Wakefield locked in a bitter pay dispute with the National Coal Mining Museum for England.

Unison says the museum in Wakefield is offering a pay rise below the current rate of inflation.

Unison says the museum is offering a pay rise well below the current rate of inflation.