coal mine: Just a few miles away is the site of Britain's last deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery, which, like the power station that burnt its coal, went out of production in 2015, with the loss of 450 jobs, according to The Guardian. The local MP, Labour's Yvette Cooper, led lengthy campaigns to save both. In their 1970s heyday these great symbols of West Yorkshire's industrial might employed 850 workers. She sought investors and EU state aid, met ministers and executives and fought for fair redundancy packages and skills training for those affected. The towers of Ferrybridge are now earmarked for demolition. But the campaigns to keep the power station and pit going were ultimately doomed.
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