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YORKSHIRE had a proud tradition of coal mining. Actual coal mining in the county — and in Britain — came to an end in December 2015 with the closure of Kellingley colliery, but the traditional solidarity of the mining communities lives on.
The Yorkshire coalfield was so huge that when the Labour government of 1946 nationalised the coal industry, it had to be broken up into four administrative areas by the newly created National Coal Board. The areas were North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Barnsley, and Doncaster.
Over the years the Yorkshire miners gained a proud and deserved reputation for militancy, but there were different degrees of militancy across the four areas.
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