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Haig Colliery Mining Museum, Whitehaven
Haig Pit was Cumbria's last deep coal mine. When it closed in 1986, it ended 700 years of mining history in the area. Over 1200 men, women and children had been killed while winning coal in workings up to four miles out beneath the sea.
http://www.haig1.freeserve.co.uk/
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TheRum Story
The Rum Story - the 'Dark Spirit of Whitehaven' is set in the original shop, courtyards, cellars and bonded warehouses of the Jeffersons family business in the Georgian Town of Whitehaven. It depicts the story of rum, bringing to life the slave trade, American prohibition, rum in the Royal Navy, rum in history and the processing of rum.
http://www.rumstory.co.uk/
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