
It was 1982, a couple of years before the miners’ strike. It was the annual Yorkshire Miners’ Gala which, that year, was taking place in Doncaster. The pit banners had already been paraded through the town to the tune of a dozen brass bands. And then they left.
I like this one, not so much because of the brass band, but because everyone following them is marching along in step. There is purpose in their stride, but we can’t yet see it. The banner trolley adds a mystery element as if they were medieval soldiers moving a trebuchet to some unseen castle.
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