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1983: A Day Out Down a Coal Mine | Day Out | BBC Archive
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29:18Now PlayingChatterley Whitfield coal mine in Stoke-on-Trent employed 4,000 people and was the first UK mine to produce 1 million tonnes of coal per year. After it closed for business in 1977, the site became the country’s first mining museum, with former miners taking visitors 700 feet underground for a unique tour of the tunnels.
Day Out presenter Gwyn Richards dons a hard hat and headlamp to take a look.
Clip taken from Day Out, originally broadcast on BBC One (Midlands), 4 December 1983.
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