Two elderly retired coal miners looking over Herrington Country Park towards Penshaw Monument, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

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Herrington Country Park was built on the site of Herrington Colliery which closed in 1985. These two retired gentlemen had worked at the pit until closure, when they transferred to another colliery in Northumberland, which also subsequently closed.

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Size: 3087px × 4747px
Location: Penshaw, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Photo credit: © Washington Imaging / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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