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494:"Owners confirm closure of Rotherham coal mine"
113:In 2007 Maltby Colliery was sold by UK Coal to
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300:"The long, slow death of the UK coal industry"
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658:Coal mining in Yorkshire
89:1984â1985 miners' strike
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1215:Coal mines in Rotherham
115:Hargreaves Services plc
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827:Nunnery
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