Independent Online | UK closes book on coal era Independent Online Despite feeling abandoned, the miners reminisce of better times and the camaraderie that bonded them. ?I enjoyed every minute of it,? Carter said. ?Fantastic group of people. You never might meet better people than miners.? AFP. Hungry for more ... Final Shift At Britain's Last Deep Coal Mine Last day of work for UK deep coal miners Kellingley: Our miners have been 'betrayed' says MP Yvette Cooper |