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Title
Sneyd Colliery Memorial
Date
2007
Medium
iron & stone
Measurements
H 320 x W 300 x D 150 cm (E)
Accession number
ST6_MK_S021
Work type
Monument
Owner
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Custodian
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque 1: SNEYD COLLIERIES LTD. BURSLEM. STOKE-ON-TRENT / LIST OF WORKMEN WHO WERE KILLED / IN THE BANBURY SEAM No 4 PIT ON 1ST JANUARY 1942 (names); plaque 2: This memorial also commemorates the heroic rescue teams / who worked tirelessly and with great bravery in perilous / conditions after the explosion. They risked their own lives / to recover the bodies of all 57 miners who died in the / disaster giving comfort to the bereaved.