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2018

Days of Future Past: saved a century ago

Mon 31st Dec, 2018Mon 16th Jan, 2023 / The Friends of Hemingfield Colliery (FoHC) / Leave a comment

A hundred years ago today, 31st December 1918, two agreements were signed which effectively saved important parts of our mining heritage in South Yorkshire, and specifically what is now the site of Hemingfield Colliery.

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