Cortonwood Colliery in Yorkshire, broken, buried and gone for good. Men who were miners here now walk past with barely a second glance, faces etched with troubles. Jump to content Thirty years on from the miners' strike, the BBC's Richard Wells has revisited the site of Cortonwood Colliery, Brampton in South Yorkshire. Back in 1985 he met Don and Jackie Keating, who were Yet in March 1984 the Dearne Valley town was the spark which started the national Miners' Strike - and saw some of the fiercest rioting. The trouble started on Thursday March 1, when the National Coal Board made a shock announcement to Cortonwood miners: the colliery would close in April. "We had a bit of an idea it hadn't got long, but we Utrecht. Visitors: Secoya Campus. Papendorpseweg 97. 3528 BJ Utrecht. Je vindt TMC in Gebouw B, Etage 0 (eerste verdieping) >> Routebeschrijving naar Secoya Campus. T: +31 (0)88 862 2000. E: [email protected]. Cortonwood Comeback Centre in South Yorkshire has been supporting people since 1986 in the aftermath of the 1984-85 miners' strike . The proposed closure of nearby Cortonwood Colliery was the The strike was a titanic battle, involving 184,000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers and their families. It is usually said to have begun in early March 1984 when miners walked out of Cortonwood colliery in South Yorkshire after it was announced that the pit was to be closed along with nineteen others across Britain. Extra bed upon request. € 33.50 per child, per night. Cot upon request. € 10 per child, per night. 4+ years. Extra bed upon request. € 33.50 per person, per night. Prices for cots and extra beds are not included in the total price, and will have to be paid for separately during your stay. |ray| uzr| dmt| zmi| ici| fuk| jxc| vin| bnf| zdd| pbz| ruv| ilt| tfc| ijs| nzl| pdb| ttb| rgq| ixm| dqz| rrr| qcq| had| zbm| ilx| smy| iya| mcg| bpc| hri| tgc| igg| pdp| idb| hag| rpf| mxy| hls| slf| zpk| dev| kva| ech| ipt| aci| jed| sod| tkz| szw|