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Title
Bagworth Miners' Memorial
Medium
stone & bronze
Accession number
LE67_KHS_S014
Acquisition method
commissioned by Bagworth Residents Association with sponsorship from Coalfield Rural Initiatives Fund, Hinckley Bosworth Borough Council, Lord and Lady of the Manor, Bagworth, 'News of the World' Captain Cash, National Union Of Mine Workers and Chevron UK Ltd
Work type
Monument
Owner
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
SPONSORS / BAGWORTH RESIDENTS ASSC. / COALFIELD RURAL INITIATIVES FUND / HINCKLEY BOSWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL / LORD & LADY OF THE MANOR BAGWORTH / NEWS OF THE WORLD CAPTAIN CASH / NATIONAL UNION OF MINE WORKERS / CHEVRON UK LIMITED / COMMEMORATION / BAGWORTH MINE 1825-1991 / DESFORD MINE 1901-1984 / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MINERS WHO / WORKED IN THE BAGWORTH COALFIELD, SOME GIVING / THEIR LIVES. / ONE OF THE OLDEST AND LONGEST RUNNING DEEP / MINES IN THE COUNTRY BAGWORTH COLLIERY WAS / OPENED BY LORD MAYNARD IN 1825 AND WAS THE / LAST TO CLOSE IN THE LEICESTERSHIRE COALFIELD. / THE MINERS OF BAGWORTH WERE THE SALT OF THE / EARTH, COURAGEOUS AND RESOURCEFUL. THEY HAD A / UNIQUE BRAND OF HUMOUR AND COMRADESHIP / BOURNE FROM RISKING LIFE AND LIMB DAILY. IN FACT / THEY WERE GUARDIANS OF EACH OTHERS SAFETY / DURING WORLD WAR II THEY ANSWERED THE NATION’S / CALL FOR FUEL WITH VIGOUR, GREATLY HELPING THE WAR EFFORT. / THE GALLANT MINERS OF BAGWORTH EVEN ENTERED / THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS WITH THE / FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT OF 5TH APRIL 1975. / QUOTE; “THE FIRST COALMINE IN BRITAIN TO / ACHIEVE MORE THAN 5 TONNES PER MAN SHIFT / CONTINUOUSLY FOR A WHOLE YEAR” / A TRULY REMARKABLE BREED, THE MINERS OF / BAGWORTH CAN BE REMEMBERED WITH PRIDE / FRANK GREGORY. PRODUCERS OF STATUE / CO-ORDINATORS / MR & MRS CJ JOHNSON / (BAGWORTH RESIDENTS ASSC.) / SCULPTOR / PAUL WILLIAMS RS OF BS / PLINTH / CLIFF HILL QUARRIES PLC / FOUNDRY / ACCRITE ALUMINIUM FOUNDERS / SITE PREP / HINCKLEY & BOSWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL / SEAT / BAGWORTH COLLIERY / ST JOHNS AMBULANCE BRIGADE.