A once-booming seaside resort in the north of England has become a 'ghost town', so much so that streets of homes are boarded up, while some houses are being flogged for just a few thousand pounds.
Horden, in County Durham, has felt the sting as its thriving coal mining industry declined. It was once home to Horden Colliery, which broke records for its productivity in years gone by and employed thousands of people from the area.
The town’s proud and long-time mining history gained fame across Europe, after tireless workers set a record for the most coal mined in a single day, extracting 6,758 tonnes on May 9, 1930, reports the Mirror. The Horden Colliery was shut in February 1987, as the coal mining industry in the UK was killed.
