Plaque on the Silverwood Colliery Memorial
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Plaque on the Silverwood Colliery Memorial by Neil Theasby as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 25 Jun 2013
Where generations of men hewed coal, there is now an eerie silence and the slag heaps are green. A passing visitor who didn't know any better would never guess what happened here.
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