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Mike Johnson’s memorial in Stainforth where the pit was located
[Neil Terry Photography]
A MEMORIAL has been created in memory of the men and boys who died working at Hatfield Main colliery in South Yorkshire.
The memorial, created by Yorkshire sculptor Mike Johnson, is one of the pit wheels which hauled mineworkers up and down the shaft and commemorates those killed at the pit or who died of industrial diseases.
Hatfield Main began producing coal in 1921.
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