An 8 year-old boy smashes a fence for bonfire wood in a street of vandalised houses in the ex-mining village of Grimethorpe in South Yorkshire.

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Children smash a fence for bonfire wood in a street of vandalised houses in the former pit village of Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, which has undergone serious decline since its colliery closed in 1993, and where many ex-miners' houses are empty.

An 8 year-old boy smashes a fence for bonfire wood in a street of vandalised houses in the ex-mining village of Grimethorpe in South Yorkshire.
Children smash a fence for bonfire wood in a street of vandalised houses in the former pit village of Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, which has undergone serious decline since its colliery closed in 1993, and where many ex-miners' houses are empty.

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Date:	1 Nov 1994
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