2009

NZ4343 : Memorial Garden, Easington Colliery

taken 16 years ago, near to Easington Colliery, County Durham, England

Memorial Garden, Easington Colliery
Memorial Garden, Easington Colliery
Garden opened on 29th May 2001 in memory of those who worked and served at Easingington Colliery from 1899 to 1993. The date was 50 year to the day of the pit explosion in 1951 that killed 81 men and boy miners from the village and two of those involved in the rescue LinkExternal link
Queen Elizabeth II visited the garden in the year of her Golden Jubilee on 8th May 2002.

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Category: Memorial gardens
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NZ4343, 38 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 12 November, 2009   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 12 November, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 4374 4395 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:47.3128N 1:19.2802W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 4373 4394
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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