The Cage – Allerton Bywater Colliery Miners' Memorial
The Cage – Allerton Bywater Colliery Miners' Memorial
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The Cage – Allerton Bywater Colliery Miners' Memorial
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October 1, 2020
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Another of Harry Malkins works
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August 17, 2024
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He was a mechanical fitter at Fryston Colliery, 1965–85; an archaeological illustrator on the Pontefract Castle dig, 1986–8; became a freelance artist in 1988; and from 1998 combined this with being exhibition organiser for Yorkshire Art Circus, where he also taught.
April 27, 2025
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During the official dedication ceremony the names of all those killed at the pit were read out.
The £30,000 needed to build the memorial was gathered through fundraising efforts.
The sculpture shows four different mining-related themes on the sides of a cage that has just emerged at the surface from an imaginary shaft.
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