Forty years ago Brenda Prince was one of four women photographers commissioned to do an exhibition titled Striking Women. Made up of more than 40 large black and white panels, it was shown at the Photographers Gallery in London in 1985 – but has since disappeared.

Now, with the anniversary of the miners’ strike very much to the fore, Ms Prince is trying to track the exhibition down. It was, she believes, given to an organisation in the North of England, but nobody now seems to know where it is, and she says she has drawn a blank with obvious bodies such as the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Coal Mining Museum.

‘My fear is that it is in a dusty basement somewhere or ended up in a skip! I really hope not,’ says Ms Prince, who feels that this would be a good time for the exhibition to be seen once again. She hopes anyone who has seen or heard of the exhibition or who has ideas about where it might now be will get in touch. She says: ‘I think it was an important exhibition as it focused on the role of women in the strike.’

The exhibition was the work of four photographers: Brenda Prince, Raissa Page, Imogen Young and Izabela Jedrzejczyk. During the miners’ strike of 1984-1985, they each worked in a different part of the country – Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Wales and the North East respectively. Two of the four have since died.

The hope is that the photographs shown here, all taken by Brenda Prince, may help jog memories. If you can help, please get in touch with the Society for the Study of Labour History. We will forward any messages received. Email us.