Miners began to trickle back to work in October , and in growing numbers in November .
Until the strike ended there were no more than 38,000 miners working in South Wales out of a total of 250,000 .
Miners began to trickle back to work in October , and in growing numbers in November , although until the strike ended there were no more than 38,000 miners working in South Wales out of a total of 250,000 .