Kellingley: mourn the loss of a way of life, not deep coal mining
Were my father and grandfather alive, while regretting the way it’s been done, both of them would have raised a glass to the end of deep coal mining.
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Were my father and grandfather alive, while regretting the way it’s been done, both of them would have raised a glass to the end of deep coal mining.
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