Oaks Colliery Disaster Memorial, Church Street, Barnsley, UK - Disaster Memorials on Waymarking.com

A bronze figure of a woman holding a child, mounted on a sandstone base. Woman's hair is depicted as a train of coal cascading down behind her. At the lower front of the memorial is the figure of a miner hand hewing coal in a very low seam. To the left of the memorial is a scene depicting cottages with inscribed mine head workings and at the rear of the memorial are inscribed figures in a timeline setting. A ring depicting a winding wheel surrounds the upper area of the figure and is illuminated by LED lighting.

Memorial was completed in 2016 to mark 150th anniversary of the disaster.
Sculptor Graham Ibberson. -
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There are two older memorials to the Oaks Disaster in Barnsley-

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There are pay and display street parking areas very close to the monument.

Disaster Date: 12/12/1866 Date of dedication: 05/07/2017 Memorial Sponsors: Public subscription Disaster Type: Technological Relevant Website: [Web Link] Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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