Apparently the pitmen had popular opinion with them but this was not shown in the local newspapers which were very much under the thumb of the coal owners.
Newspapers like the Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser gave a better description of what was happening and also ridiculed the articles that appeared in the local press.
Evicted families set up home on the Green Lonnen, the route to Hope House Farm, (opposite Hauxley road ends).
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