This article comprises a longitudinal study of community activism and regeneration following pit closure in the small Nottinghamshire ex-mining village of Warsop Vale. Based on more than a hundred interviews carried out between 1998 and 2004, the article highlights the significance of ‘new’ solidarities and alliances between residents and external agencies in the gradual revitalisation of a community once teetering on the brink of extinction.
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