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Steady progress

Tue 28th Jul, 2020Tue 28th Jul, 2020 / The Friends of Hemingfield Colliery (FoHC) / Leave a comment
Working our way back to safe opening at Hemingfield

The Friends and regular volunteers returned to Hemingfield Colliery for another tentative and COVID-secure session maintaining the site as the country at large continues to open up following changes to government and Public Health England guidelines.

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Days of Future Past: saved a century ago

Mon 31st Dec, 2018Sat 5th Jan, 2019 / 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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