Barnsley Main Oaks Disaster Event

A special event to mark the 150th anniversary of the Oaks Colliery Disaster.

Dates

Start Date: 11th December 2016, 11:00
End Date: 11th December 2016, 14:00

Event Info

The newly formed Barnsley Main Heritage Group have organised a commemorative event at the Barnsley Main site to mark the 150th anniversary of the Oaks Colliery Disaster.

Barnsley Main

The group have made 383 wooden crosses with each one bearing the name of a victim of the 1866 disaster. People are invited to come to Barnsley Main to help plant the crosses in the grass bank between the building and Oaks Lane, around the site of the ventilation shaft of the Oaks Colliery.

Contact Details

Address

Barnsley Main Colliery Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 3RE

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Map of Barnsley Main Oaks Disaster Event