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Old 25-01-2012, 10:10 PM
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This substantiates the rumours of vast reserves out in the bay that I have often heard over the years.
Without getting too political here(!) I would have thought there was an excellent opportunity for the previous gov. to have reversed the closures of the eighties and opened a new clean, modern mine at Hauxley.It would certainly have boosted the economics of the area, however, as we are not in a labour constituency, amongst other things, it was never going to be a priority.

The decline in industry in this area is frightening, far worse than in the seventies. The industrial estate appears to be dying a slow death, remember Ultimate, then Pheonix, Tac Display co, Jus-Rol, Border Laird, Holywell engineering, the Pioneer cement depot and many more that are just not being replaced by new enterprises. Very sad, Amble needs a boost, lets hope it comes soon!
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