Miners' Memorial, College Avenue, Wigan
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Miners' Memorial, College Avenue, Wigan
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 13 Jun 2023
A mining family in typical 19th century dress, outside the former mining college (now town hall). Women worked at the pit head sorting stone from coal.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.544928
Longitude
-2.629716