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A once-booming village in the north of England that fell into decline following the closure of its local mine in the late 80s has houses nearby on sale at auction for as little as £10,000.Horden, in Durham, had been a mining community prior to the closure of Horden Colliery in 1987 and the collapse of the industry.By the 1930s, Horden Colliery had been known as the "jewel in the crown" of the region and was Britain's largest-producing coal mine in Britain.Since the closure the area has struggled economically and suffered...