THE daughter of miners' leader Arthur Scargill is set to marry the man who helped to close down one of England's last pits.

Former Grimethorpe Colliery under-manager James Logan helped to close down a mine in Barnsley, South Yorks, in 1992.

He later became business manager at the Ashville Medical Centre in Stairfoot, South Yorks, where he met and fell in love with Margaret Scargill, who works as a GP at the practice.

But despite her obvious mining connections, James, 42, thought it was just what the doctor ordered when Margaret took him home to meet her parents.

But he found himself in a sticky situation with his future mother-in-law.

For Anne, who had been part of the Women Against Pit Closure protest group, admitted to gluing James' door on the day before the pit was shut.

James had arrived to work, but found he couldn't get into his office because the door was stuck fast.

He angrily kicked it in asking for video tapes from a nearby security camera to be sent to his office.

When he studied the footage he saw a blonde lady sneak along a corridor with a tube of adhesive in her hand.

He said: "When I was introduced to Margaret's mum, I recognised her straight away. It was the woman who had glued my office door shut."

Anne later admitted that she was the culprit after being confronted by her daughter's loved one.

"That first meeting was quite embarrassing for all of us," she said.

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