The last shift at Dawdon pit

84 years of mining history ended in 1991 when the final shift emerged from the cages at Dawdon Colliery.

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00:00Dorden Pit. Once a place which employed 3,000 mine workers and had a popular

00:07swimming pool. But in July 1991 it all came to an end when the last shift of

00:1440 workers emerged from the cage at the colliery. 84 years of mining were over.

00:22Ironically as the last shift finished British Coal confirmed the industry was

00:28in the black for the first time in 13 years. Demolition work began within weeks

00:34and the pit head buildings were blown up in 1992. Plenty of you will have memories

00:41of days at Dorden. If you do tell us more by emailing chris.cordner

00:46at nationalworld.com