Staffordshire Coal Miners - Knutton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK. - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Pit Wheel Memorial Plaque, dedicated to the coal miners of Staffordshire, is located in the Apedale Community Country Park.
The Apedale Community Country Park has 184 hectares of open space to explore with a varied landscape of woodland, meadows and pools crossed by many paths and tracks. The land at this location was previously an opencast mine until as recently as 1998.

The pit wheel was erected in 2004 as a memorial dedicated to mine workers in Staffordshire.
"The wheel itself originated at Annesley Colliery in Nottinghamshire. It took 3 lorries and assistance from the Territorial Army to transport its 30 foot by 19 foot 7 tonnes to Apedale. Keith Meeson, an ex-miner, can be thanked - he was one of the people responsible for setting up Apedale Heritage Centre and paid what sounds like a bargain £100 for the wheel. It was a bit more expensive to get the wheel here; a £15,000 Countryside Agency grant helped fund its restoration and placement." (visit link)


The plaque is mounted on a coal tub situated in front of the pit wheel. It is inscribed as follows;
'THIS PIT WHEEL
COMMEMORATES
THOSE OF ALL AGES WHO
DEDICATED THEIR LIVES
TO COAL MINING
IN
STAFFORDSHIRE'

A second plaque lists those who supported the project, and is inscribed as follows;
'THANKS ARE DUE TO
ADVANTAGE WEST MIDLANDS,
APEDALE HERITAGE CENTRE,
BENTLEY & POINTON, CORUS,
COUNTRYSIDE AGENCY, CROWN TRADE PAINTS,
JOHNSON WALSH, KEITH MEESON,
MIDLANDS MINING,
NEWCASTLE COUNTRYSIDE PROJECT,
PJ ENGINEERING,
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
AND THE TERRITORIAL ARMY
FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT'


The memorial is located at the highest point and overlooking the park where there are magnificent 360 degree views. (visit link)
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Location: Apedale Community Country Park Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed

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