ABANDONED COAL MINE U.K. -Staffordshire Coal-

Follow us exploring an abandoned Staffordshire Coal mine ,
Documenting the relics of the Dying Industry that is still alive in Many people’s Memories...
At its peak, the British coal industry employed over a million men and was one of the most important industries in the UK. Transport, power and related industries were all heavily reliant on coal. Even in the mid-1960s,
British Rail was still running on coal power (steam). In the 1970s. Coal was Britain’s lifeblood, and without it, the economy could come to a standstill.
The decline of the British coal industry started after the
First World War. But was accelerated after the Second World War, and in particular, after the miner’s strike of 1984...