Sentence examples for pit town from inspiring English sources

"I grew up in Shirebrook, a declining pit town in the East Midlands, I'm a staunch socialist and I failed my 11-plus.

Born John Thompson, but always known as Jack, in the then pit town of Ashington, he was the son of a clerk, Nicholas Thompson, and his wife Lilian.

Born in 1932 in Clay Cross, a Derbyshire pit town, he was one of nine children of a miner blacklisted for his union activities in the general strike.

The battle to succeed her could pit town against town, positioning Mr. McGowan to play kingmaker -- but the amount of influence Mr. McGowan would wield depends in part on whether primary voters back his allies or Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Flotterton.

The upstart rugby league was semi-professional, working-class and concentrated in the pit towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire.So it has remained.

Pit towns and villages were often completely dominated by the coal industry, with employers providing everything from houses to sports grounds and even milk deliveries.

They say he is slow to use his influence to resolve disputes, particularly over large development projects that have pitted town against town.

The re-run will reopen a debate that split Austria almost evenly, pitting town against country, and blue-collar workers worried about immigration and falling living standards against the more highly educated.

In the early years in Cowdenbeath, he found refuge from boredom and upset in the woods behind his house - a pit-town boy (like Ted Hughes) exulting in nature.

The fight, which pits towns and cities against energy companies and states eager for growth, has raised a fundamental question about the role of local government: How much authority should communities have over the use of their land?

It's not very difficult to distinguish outsiders in small ex-pit towns; my husband and his family were well-known in the villages nearby as travellers.