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Miners Memorial Unveiling

28th September 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Via Gorebridge Community Council

Firstly the Community Council would like to say thank you to everyone for helping make the memorial to all the local miners who lost their lives in the industry possible. Because of everyone who contributed to all the fundraising efforts and advertising space in the 2018 calendar we were able to raise enough funds to order the memorial and we are pleased to say it is now complete and in place outside the Beacon, beside the 1st World War Memorial and soon the 2nd World War Memorial will also be reinstated.

We would now like to invite you to an official unveiling of the memorial on 28th Sept 2019 at 3pm together with a small display of some memories of our mining heritage which have been pulled together into a presentation. We hope this will spark more memories and encourage you to write down some stories about our recent history. We will also have some details of the names that we are aware of so far although there were too many to have them noted on the memorial but there is a second project in the pipeline to display these in the beacon once we have been able to check and verify all the details.

A finger buffet and tea and coffee will be provided from 3.30 until 4.30.

I’ve attached a photo of the memorial and look forward to seeing you on the 28th.

Kind regards
Gorebridge Community Council Members

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Date:
28th September 2019
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm