Non-League Paper

MINERS CLUB DUG DEEP FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 April 2020

By DAVID BAUCKHAM

@CentreCirclePub
www.dbauckham.exposure.co

DRIVING through the villages of North Somerset, it is hard to imagine that the regions was once at the heart of the Somerset Coalfields - an area of about 240 square miles.
There were 18 pits in Paulton alone, and a clue to this industrial heritage can be found on thePaulton Rovers club crest: a mining wheel and a couple of crossed hammers.
When the club was formed in 1881 most of these pits had closed although a couple remained active into the 1960s.
Retired club director Rob Filer has been involved with the club since the ...

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