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Cortonwood was a
colliery near Rotherham,
South Yorkshire, England. The colliery's
proposed closure was a
tipping point in the 1984–1985 miners' strike...
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rolling stock. The EHR had
planned to
eventually operate the line into
Cortonwood, with a new halt at Hemingfield,
doubling the
length of the line to two...
- Swinton. It is
served by
Stagecoach Yorkshire, the main
route being 220 (
Cortonwood/Doncaster Frenchgate), as well as
First South Yorkshire and Yorkshire...
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unofficial strikes. The main
strike started on 6
March 1984 with a
walkout at
Cortonwood Colliery,
which led to the NUM's
Yorkshire Area's
sanctioning of a strike...
- 20 pits and do away with 25,000 jobs in 1984, the
planned closure of
Cortonwood provoked a
movement of
Yorkshire miners who
appealed to
other coalfields...
- Barugh, Barugh-Green, Billingley, Birdwell,
Bolton upon Dearne,
Brierley Cortonwood, Carlecotes, Carlton, Cawthorne, Cubley,
Cudworth Darfield, Darton, Dodworth...
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legally only
children twelve or
older could work underground. Hall
moved to
Cortonwood Colliery in 1900, but was laid off in 1903 as the pit
closed due to a...
- 1980s,
which was, in part,
sparked by the
announcement of the
closure of
Cortonwood Colliery in the village.
Despite some
economic recovery,
Brampton was...
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Askern Barnburgh Barrow Bentley Brodsworth Brookhouse Bullcroft1
Birley Cortonwood Dalton Dinnington Elsecar Fence Harry Crofts1
Hatfield Hickleton High...
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Canal but it was
intended to
extend the line to
Cortonwood with
halts at
Hemingfield and
Cortonwood during 2013. However, by
February 2017 the project...
