Detail of the coal miner statue in South Kirkby
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Detail of the coal miner statue in South Kirkby
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 8 Mar 2022
Created by a relatively famous local sculptor called Graham Ibberson and unveiled in 2005 to commemorate the local men who lost their lives for coal. In a hundred years at least 250 died at South Kirkby, Frickley and South Elmsall Collieries - also includes Riddings Drift Mines.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.593366
Longitude
-1.318723
