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I think there is a long tradition of mutal mistrust between Haworth miners and those miners from the neighbouring Docaster pits (Maltby, Yorkshire Main, Rossington etc), possibly dating back to 1926 and the breakaway Notts Union! Interesting to understand what the background to this emnity is! Graham Owens Quoting Tony Brewis <[log in to unmask]>: > Kelvin Lake mentions Harworth, in North Nottinghamshire. During my visit > to Harworth in 1990 (see the article in Mining Magazine, November 1990, > pp340-344, attributed to colliery staff) I looked out of an office window and > > could see the headframe of another mine in the distance. I asked which > colliery that was > "Oh, that's Maltby," said my guide, "that's in Yorkshire. We don't talk to > them!" > As they were adjacent pits working the same seams, to different boundaries > on different seams, I thought that pretty remarkable. > > Tony Brewis > --