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Police and pickets face each other in the Strike

:: Read some of the stories we've been sent about the Miners Strike. Click on the link.

The strike lasted from March 1984 to March 1985. It's now seen as one of the most important events in recent history.

Women march against pit closures

Thousands of people from across South Yorkshire were involved in one way or another. 25 years on very few people in our region (and across Yorkshire and the UK) have jobs in coal mining, and the communities that supported its pits have had to find new roles.

If you were involved in the strike, or if your life or family were affected by the events, we'd like you to share your stories and your memories.

Read some of the stories here:

Your photos

We also need photos you took at the time (collections in town centres, t-shirts, posters, stickers, miners on strike at picket lines, soup kitchens, anything that is reminiscent of 1984-85.)

Please email south.yorkshire@bbc.co.uk if you have any photos we can use. We can scan them into the computer and give them straight back. Or if you already have scans of the photos, you can email them to us as a jpg.

Some of you may not even have been born when the strike took place but you may still feel that what happened then has affected your life. This is your opportunity to share YOUR story, and tell us what you believe was the wider significance of the strike.

Please contact us via the box below.