Ryhope Colliery Memorial Garden
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Ryhope Colliery Memorial Garden
Image: © Malc McDonald Taken: 7 Mar 2014
Coal mining was undertaken at Ryhope, south of Sunderland, from 1859 until the colliery closed in 1966. The site of the miners' union office is now a memorial garden. Mining could be a dangerous occupation, 119 miners were killed in accidents at Ryhope Colliery.
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