Valleyfield Pit Disaster Memorial
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Valleyfield Pit Disaster Memorial
Image: © Craig J Seath Taken: 13 Aug 2005
A memorial on the site of Valleyfield Miners Welfare Club. Commemorating the 35 men who died in the Valleyfield Pit disaster on October 28th 1939. The memorial depicts a woman holding a child representing the wives of miners who were lost waiting at the pit head for news of their loved ones. The Inscription reads:- ERECTED IN MEMORY OF ALL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF AN IGNITION OF FIREDAMP AND COALDUST IN THE DIAMOND SECTION OF VALLEYFIELD PIT ON OCTOBER 28TH 1939 AT ABOUT 4AM TEARFULLY THEY CAME TO VALLEYFIELD PITHEAD ON THAT AUTUMN DAY IN PAINFUL GRIEF TO CLAIM THE DEAD WITH DEEP RESPECT WE PRAY ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF WORKING IN THE MINE 1908 - 1978
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Image Location
Latitude
56.060961
Longitude
-3.599503