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| Nottinghamshire's Thoresby Colliery closes after 90 years | Nottinghamshire's Thoresby Colliery closes after 90 years |
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| The last piece of coal is due to be extracted at Thoresby Colliery. | The last piece of coal is due to be extracted at Thoresby Colliery. |
| The closure of the Nottinghamshire deep coal mine was announced in April 2014 after owners, UK Coal, fell into financial trouble. | The closure of the Nottinghamshire deep coal mine was announced in April 2014 after owners, UK Coal, fell into financial trouble. |
| The colliery's 600 workers have since been gradually laid off through compulsory or voluntary redundancy with the last 360 miners leaving on Friday. | |
| It marks the end of the industry in the county and the closure leaves one deep coal mine in Kellingley, Yorkshire. | It marks the end of the industry in the county and the closure leaves one deep coal mine in Kellingley, Yorkshire. |
| David Howells, one of the last miners to clock off, said: "It is a sad time for everybody in the mining industry and a sad time for the area. | David Howells, one of the last miners to clock off, said: "It is a sad time for everybody in the mining industry and a sad time for the area. |
| "Morale has been very low among staff." | "Morale has been very low among staff." |
| Alan Spencer, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers Nottinghamshire, said the mine's closure was a "deeply sad" time. | Alan Spencer, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers Nottinghamshire, said the mine's closure was a "deeply sad" time. |
| "Emotions will be high," he said. | "Emotions will be high," he said. |
| "When it comes to that last shift, when you realise you won't be going underground anymore and you wont be with your comrades anymore, it will be emotional. | "When it comes to that last shift, when you realise you won't be going underground anymore and you wont be with your comrades anymore, it will be emotional. |
| "There's no other jobs in the area now and at that age they are going to struggle to get a job anywhere else." | "There's no other jobs in the area now and at that age they are going to struggle to get a job anywhere else." |
| UK Coal said it was working to find alternative work or support for employees who are not retiring as they leave the mine. | |
| "This is a very sad day and clearly marks the end of an era," the firm's board said in a statement. | |
| It blamed its financial problems on falling coal prices and a fire that saw the closure of Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire. | |
| Following the announcement, the government offered to loan the firm £10m to carry out the "managed closure" of its two remaining mines over the 18-month period. | Following the announcement, the government offered to loan the firm £10m to carry out the "managed closure" of its two remaining mines over the 18-month period. |
| Kellingley Colliery is set to close in December. | Kellingley Colliery is set to close in December. |
| Thoresby history | Thoresby history |