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A loose group of large rocks, among which the head and one arm of a miner and his pick protrude from rubble and broken pit props. To the miner's right a woman stands, hands on hips, shoeless and dressed in tattered clothes, staring down reflectively.

Title

Miners' Memorial

Date

1987

Medium

bronze & limestone

Accession number

DN12_SP_S024

Acquisition method

commissioned by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council; funded by Public Arts, Yorkshire Arts Association

Work type

Monument

Owner

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Custodian

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

metal plaque screwed to the front of the sculpture: A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND BOYS / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT / THE DENABY AND CADEBY MAIN COLLIERIES FROM 1869 / AND TO THE WOMEN WHO SHARED THEIR LIVES / AND SUFFERED THEIR LOSS. / SCULPTOR: GRAHAM IBBESON, M.A. (R.C.A.) / COMMISSIONED BY / THE DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL / WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PUBLIC ARTS AND / THE YORKSHIRE ARTS ASSOCIATION 1987

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