Horace Brian, a retired miner, talks about coal mining.

They include his grandfather, Robert Evans, a retired miner who has black lung disease.

Its empty coffers threaten a cutoff of benefits to retired miners and their widows.

"Affordable, comprehensive health care for retired miners is a national problem that can only be addressed through a national policy solution," he said.

He liked to sit on a bench in the square and talk with, or rather be talked to by, the old retired miners.

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In 1977, she divorced her first husband and the next year married Oliver Hall, a retired miner.

The investigation revealed that they had been bought from a retired miner who still had access to blasting equipment.

"Perhaps our silence helps them to deal with their shame," said a retired miner who was present at the pantomime of a funeral.

Shehide Sopjani, 85, felt she was too old for such a sudden departure, said her son, a retired miner.