Dr John Tanner asks how England will choose to remember its coal mining heritage. Once the demand for domestic coal started to fall in the 1950s the number of pits declined sharply. Nevertheless, at the start of the 1980s the National Coal Board still employed some 250,000 workers, but the UK has now moved away from coal power.
Dr Tanner is Head of Masterplan and Capital Projects at the National Coal Mining Museum for England, and is a key figure in developing the story of coal mining at the museum.
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