Kellingley Colliery

Almost 3,000 jobs could be created in a multi-million pound redevelopment of the former Kellingley Colliery site

300 million tonnes of coal at Kellingley Colliery have been sealed off as workers filled the main shaft with concrete.

As Kellingley Colliery prepares to close, one of the country's oldest living pit men looks back on an industry entering its final day.