DAW MILL COLLIERY TO CLOSE (07/03/2013)

Miners at Daw Mill colliery last night got the news they've been dreading - the pit is to close. It's one of the last deep coal mines in the country, but has been under threat of closure for some years. A fire at the coal face - which began two weeks ago and is still burning - has now put paid to any hopes it might survive,

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sad day

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People said at the time there would be a energy shortage, but 10 years later our lights are still on

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And look at the price we now pay for power and heating it's a joke when we have all that coal under our feet

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Ellington had continues fires on a working coal face top coal left to drop in the globe would start fire would never close a mine if it was controlled 😡

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Feckin out of order