How the Demise of the Coal Mining Industry Has Brought About New Leisure Activities

Unfortunately the demise of the coal mining industry during the 1980's resulted in massive redundancy for many, who having not really experienced or trained in any other profession found themselves jobless, in financial struggle, and forced to re-train in another profession and start again from scratch. However after 2 decades of decay and ruin of previous coal mining operations many previous colliery sites and the railway lines connecting them have now taken on a new lease of life. With funding from local government these previously purely industrial areas have now been re-vamped into wonderful countryside trails and country parks.

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