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The Art of Mining

Documentary in which Geeta Pendse looks at the fight to preserve the lasting legacy of the art that the coal industry helped create in the east Midlands.

How coal created a lasting legacy of art in the east Midlands, and the fight to preserve it for future generations. An industry, which once employed more than 24,000 men in the region, will be remembered forever thanks to the rich collection of paintings, preserved colliery buildings and artefacts, many of them saved by volunteers.

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30 minutes