I just asked the question Ian, both my granddads worked all their lives down the pit, it was age that killed one and beer the other. Although the one who died of old age was an "ambulance man" at South Kirkby Colliery and saw his fair share of death and injury.
You are right about the community,Hemsworth where I live and South Kirkby where I was born are still recovering and unemployment is some of the highest in the country. Probably also in Creswell, a village I visit fairly regularly in my work.