Date in year · 1968 · The 1960s
On March 2, 1968, baggeridge Colliery closes, marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country. The year's #1 song was "Hey Jude" by The Beatles. Ashley Judd, Mswati III, Julia Morris would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · March 2, 1968
Baggeridge Colliery was a colliery located in Sedgley, West Midlands England.
Around 1968
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1968th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 968th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1960s decade.
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Colliery in Sedgley, West Midlands, England
Baggeridge Colliery was a colliery located in Sedgley, West Midlands England.
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