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Date: 10th December 1993
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 113
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P113 CEEFAX 113 Fri 10 Dec 16:12/32 HOME LAST STAFFORDSHIRE MINE CLOSES Miners as Littleton colliery in Staffordshire are working their final shift today after deciding to accept redundancy payments. The closure of Littleton, near Cannock, which employed 560 miners, ends mining in Staffordshire. Mining at the county's other pit, Silverdale, ended a month ago. British Coal now has just 22 working pits, employing 16,500 miners. There were 718,000 miners in 1947 when pits were nationalised Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News World Flash TV/Radio