Shirebrook Mining Memorial

Shirebrook, like many other towns and villages across Bolsover District thrived on coal. The pit was the main source of employment and the town grew. And although the colliery closed almost thirty years ago in 1993, this did not stop the camaraderie in the town and a group of former miners started a fundraising campaign to raise money for a sculpture to be erected on the Market Place remembering the town’s coal mining heritage and all those that worked there. Having already raised £165,000, Bruce Towers tells us a bit more about the project and what the sculpture will look like.