Easington mining disaster remembered 60 years on

29 May 2011 Last updated at 10:41 ET Help

A service has been held to mark the 60th anniversary of a coal mine explosion which killed 83 people in County Durham.

Look North's Peter Harris looks back at the disaster and talks to rescuers who were at Easington Colliery on 29 May 1951.

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