COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
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SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Mining Memorial
title
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Mining Memorial
Title
false
Creation Date:
1978
creation_date
1978
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
2008
image_date
2008
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Carlton, South Yorkshire
location
Carlton, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Image ID:
b083a
image_id
b083a
Image ID
false
Description:
Opening ceremony (1978) for the memorial - the original pitwheel is (left) now part of a new memorial inaugurated in 2008. Location: Originally (1978) In a field on the Royston Carlton Boundary Walk, near to Spring Lane, Carlton. Royston and Carlton Boundary Walk. Description: Half a pitwheel emerging from the field, the other half is buried beneath ground level. There is a plaque on the ground by the wheel. Commission: To commemorate a mining accident, 6th August 1936, in which 58 men were killed. [1] Harry Dancer, Chairman of Barnsley MBC's Development and Planning Committee, initiated this scheme which was accepted by this committee on 31 August 1978 and cost £950, approved on 29 September 1978. It was part of reclamation of the Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery site on which the monument stands. The contractors, Pugh-Lewis, were based in Chesterfield. The memorial was unveiled by Arthur Scargill, then President of the Yorkshire NUM, in the presence of Roy Mason, MP for Barnsley, and Cllr Dancer. [2] Comment: Photograph provided by Archie Sinclair of Barnsley MBC Planning and Transportation Service. Many thanks for permission to display it as part of our public art research. References: [1] Royston and Carlton Boundary Walk leaflet. [2] e-mail dated 7 September 2006 from Archie Sinclair of Barnsley MBC Planning and Transpportation Service
description
Opening ceremony (1978) for the memorial - the original pitwheel is (left) now part of a new memorial inaugurated in 2008. Location: Originally (1978) In a field on the Royston Carlton Boundary Walk, near to Spring Lane, Carlton. Royston and Carlton Boundary Walk. Description: Half a pitwheel emerging from the field, the other half is buried beneath ground level. There is a plaque on the ground by the wheel. Commission: To commemorate a mining accident, 6th August 1936, in which 58 men were killed. [1] Harry Dancer, Chairman of Barnsley MBC's Development and Planning Committee, initiated this scheme which was accepted by this committee on 31 August 1978 and cost £950, approved on 29 September 1978. It was part of reclamation of the Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery site on which the monument stands. The contractors, Pugh-Lewis, were based in Chesterfield. The memorial was unveiled by Arthur Scargill, then President of the Yorkshire NUM, in the presence of Roy Mason, MP for Barnsley, and Cllr Dancer. [2] Comment: Photograph provided by Archie Sinclair of Barnsley MBC Planning and Transportation Service. Many thanks for permission to display it as part of our public art research. References: [1] Royston and Carlton Boundary Walk leaflet. [2] e-mail dated 7 September 2006 from Archie Sinclair of Barnsley MBC Planning and Transpportation Service
Description
false
Rights:
© Barnsley MBC Planning and Transportation Service
rights
© Barnsley MBC Planning and Transportation Service
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Photographed by:
not known
photographed_by
not known
Photographed by
false
Subject Heading:
Heritage -- England (South Yorkshire)
subject_heading
Heritage -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Public art -- England (South Yorkshire)
subject_heading
Public art -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Memorials -- England
subject_heading
Memorials -- England
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Monuments -- England
subject_heading
Monuments -- England
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Coal mines and mining
subject_heading
Coal mines and mining
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Disasters
subject_heading
Disasters
Subject Heading
false