Today marks the 20th anniversary of the closure of Ellington Colliery, the last deep coal mine in the North East. In 1951, Oliver Kilbourn was invited to design a mining banner for Ellington Colliery. Proudly paraded at events including the annual Miners’ Picnics, this particular banner was funded through a Christmas draw, dances and a levy of all branch members. The two-sided banner shows rows of dark terraced houses under the view of the brooding skies and colliery buildings and pit heaps, wit
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As Northumberland Coal Queen, Deborah Bramley spent a day underground in Ellington Colliery in 1982 ⛏ Here, she talks about her experience. Deborah's story features in the Queens of Industry exhibition, now on at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/2xkADCp #QueensofIndustry | Leeds Museums and Galleries
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It's been 35 years since the closure of Cwm Colliery in the south Wales Valleys. The pit, in Beddau near Pontypridd, was once at the heart of its local community, employing around 800 men. It was closed in 1986 - a year after the UK miners' strike - following a decline in the coal industry. This is what remains of the site today ⬇️ | WalesOnline
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A bronze statue has been unveiled in a Shropshire village to mark 50 years since the closure of its colliery. | BBC Birmingham
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At 12 noon, we marked 25 years since the last pit pony left Ellington Colliery. Did you know that, at the peak of mining in 1913, 22,000 pit ponies worked underground in County Durham? | Beamish Museum
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