The end of deep mining.

• Guest 671

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  12 July 2015     09:16284306
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  Hatfield colliery close's with loss of 400 jobs
  
  Hatfield Colliery - the last remaining deep mine pit in Yorkshire - close's with the loss of more than 400 jobs.
  
  http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/what-the-hatfield-colliery-closure-really-means-for-yorkshire-1-7335224
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• Guest 649

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  12 July 2015     09:37284310
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  Very sad but I still think sooner or later we will be back mining for coal in the UK and kent being part of it.
• Guest 653

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  13 July 2015     20:56284349
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  I doubt it somehow Vic. the cost to re-open the mines would be prohibitive now and so much opposition to burning fossil fuels, although I know there are clean coal burning furnaces around.
  
  
  
  Roger
• Brian Dixon

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  14 July 2015     05:49284357
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  kent coal burns virtuly smokeless.