Pic of the week: Tears at end of deep coal mining in UK
This is the soot-stained, down-trodden face of one of 60 miners completing the final shift at the Kellingley Colliery in north Yorkshire yesterday.
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Final Shift At Britain's Last Deep Coal Mine, UK News
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Kellingley Closure Ends Deep Coal Mining in Britain - Bloomberg
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U.K.'s last deep coal mine closes Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Britain's last deep coal mine
Why did Margaret Thatcher close all the mines when the UK still uses a lot of coal and now imports it? - Quora
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Like being on death row': the final week in Kellingley colliery, Coal
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Pit Ponies - Ghosts of the Coal Mines
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coal mine - latest news, breaking stories and comment - The Independent
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U.K.'s last deep coal mine closes Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Miners sing Tom Jones' Delilah at Britain's last deep coal pit as they go underground for final shift - Mirror Online
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Kellingley Colliery miners work their final shifts as the UK's final deep pit closes
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