Plaque on the Silverwood Colliery Memorial

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Plaque on the Silverwood Colliery Memorial

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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Image Location

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Latitude
53.440976
Longitude
-1.282321