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Radio Derby,26 Sep 2025,8 mins

Derbyshire's deadliest mining disaster

Secret Derbyshire

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In 1950, 80 men died during a pit fire at the Creswell Colliery. BBC Radio Derby’s Charlie Sayers went up to the Pleasley Pit to find out more. Image credit: Getty, British Pathé Audio credit: Echoes of the Mine by Bob Glassey.

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