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The village is twinned with the village of Saint Florent des Bois in France. The village has its own Junior and Infants School, railway station, a single local shop and the Station Inn. The '''Bonny Bunch O Roses''' was recently demolished to make way for a housing development.

One of the most notable events in the history of the village was the Huskar Pit Disaster, which occured on the 4th July, 1838 when a freak storm flooded part of the mine, killing 26 colliery employees, the youngest was 7 years oldest was 17. Their names and ages are listed below:

George Burkinshaw 10,
Joseph Burkinshaw 7,
Isaac Wright 12,
Abraham Wright 8,
James Clarkson 16,
Francis Hoyland 15,
William Attick 12,
Samuel Horne 10,
Eli Hutchinson 9,
George Garnett 9,
John Simpson 9,
George Lamb 8,
William Wolmersley 8,
James Turton 10,
John Gothard 8,
Catherine Garnett 11,
Hannah Webster 15,
Elizabeth Carr 15,
Ann Moss 9,
Elizabeth Hollings 15,
Ellen Parker 15,
Hannah Taylor 17,
Mary Sellors 10,
Elizabeth Clarkson 11
Sarah Newton 8
Sarah Jukes 10.



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