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Northern United, the last deep mine in the Forest of Dean, closed on Christmas Eve 1965. Les Ruck was one of the last miners to walk out of the pit and talks about his time there
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Available for over a year
Northern United, the last deep mine in the Forest of Dean, closed on Christmas Eve 1965. Les Ruck was one of the last miners to walk out of the pit and talks about his time there
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