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“Everything Has Gone Quiet”: Speaking to Ex-Miners 40 Years After the Pit Closures
It's been 40 years since Thatcher shut down the coal industry, plunging many mining communities such as South Wales into decades of economic devastation. In their own words, what are the long term impacts of this on local life, and what is the way forward?