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Coal mining as an industry in the UK was in long term decline through the second half of the twentieth century. The issue many have with Thatcher is not that she closed the mines, but rather that she didn't give a damn about the welfare of the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the mine closures. Some areas have never recovered from the economic impact this had.