Summary
It is the last remaining symbol of the once-great Northern coalfield and its workers are the region's sole survivors of a dying breed.
Twenty years may have passed, but as the miners of Ellington Colliery clock on for their shifts today they could be forgiven for thinking that not so much has changed from the dark days when Britain's pitmen walked out at the start of the year-long strike.See the full content of this document
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At the Centre of the Storm
Now - just as in March 1984 - the Ellington miners are working in a climate of almost continual fear and uncertainty over the future of their jobs and their pit and the devastating impact which closure could have on their families.
Ellington Colliery might be the last deep mine in the North-East but its fate, and with it the final severing of the region's traditional links with the coal industry, could be settled within a matter of mont...See the full content of this document
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