At 4.45am on the 29th May 1951, the night shift at the Colliery were at the end of their shift and the fore shift men were just coming down to start theirs. A spark at the coal face ignited a pocket of gas and the blast lifted coal dust which fuelled and explosion creating a fire ball which smashed and scorched its way through 16,000 yards of underground workings.
events are taking place at the Social Welfare Centre to commemorate the 60th anniversary of this disaster
An exhibition of pictures; memorabilia, news articles covering the past 60 years, with copies of original documents from 1951. The collections are from Beamish Museum, Durham County Records Office
At the Community Memorial Garden (from colliery site) there will be a service held by the Bishop of Jarrow. Thereafter under the miners banners all with march up Seaside Lane to the Church of The Ascenion for the Memorial Service starting at 11.30am. Departing from the Church to congregate at the Miners' Grave for a further service scheduled for 12.45pm and then departing to the Colliery Workmen's Club for refreshments.Keith Pattison's
Photographs from the miners strike in the 1980's
NO REDEMPTION £15
Easington Writers Group
SHRUGGING OF THE WIND £3
FIGHT TO THE FINISH
Gordon Macpherson (1928-1999)
The life, poems and stories of an East Durham Miner
No comments:
Post a Comment