Amazing experience visiting #TheNationalCoalMiningMuseum with Cllr Mick Stowe exMayor #Barnsley at Caphead Colliery. The 140m deep mine celebrates 180 years of local #mining history & #miners communities in #YORKSHIRE complete with the iconic Canary. Thanks to CEO Lynn Dunning
During #LocalAndCommunityHistoryMonth our #ArchiveOfTheWeek takes us back to the 19thC with a plan of Hurst and Colliery farms in Tibshelf, showing names of fields and the area each covers.
73 years ago May 29, 1951, a horrific explosion rocked #Easington Colliery.
The 83 Durham Miners' Association lost in the disaster were laid to rest together, commemorated with a memorial garden and a communal grave. This site remains a poignant reminder of the human cost of coal.
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At Maloma Colliery Limited, we value our employees as our most precious asset. Their well-being is crucial because when our team thrives, so does our operation. We're more than just coal. #EmployeeWellness #MalomaCollieryLimited #ExcellenceDrivenByValues
Today is #NationalBiscuitDay We're not sure how edible this one is.
It belonged to George Burnett who was lost on the Somme for four days in 1916. Before the war George worked in a chemical factory. After he'd been discharged in 1919 he worked at Barrow Colliery.
A new display on the mezzanine at Central Library kindly collated by Yvonne McEwan, focuses on the lives of the workers of the #PolkemmetColliery and their lost way of life when the mine was closed.
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A lone miner walks away from Handsworth (Nunnery) Colliery, one of several hundreds closed on the recommendation of Lord Robens in his ten-year tenure as Chairman of the NCB. It was the last pit in the old City of Sheffield area in 1967. (Sheffield Star image) Lynn Dunning
#Shoutout to the Easington Colliery U12's Captain who was presented with his 100 League Game Plate. Well done from everyone at the Club ⚽️💚# #greenarmy
#GrassrootsFootball #TeamGrassroots #GRF
📸Here's a picture of pit ponies retiring at Parkhill Colliery in 1972.
Check out these picture and more like it at twixtaireandcalder.org.uk
#makewordscount #wordfest #libraries #wakefield #festival #mine #pitpony
@WFmuseum Wakefield Council Wakefield Historical Society
