See a mining community’s proudest possession with our display of colourful mining banners
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See a mining community’s proudest possession with our display of colourful mining banners
March your way to the top of our ‘ramp of reform’, the last resting place of a mining community’s proudest possession – the pit banner.
March your way to the top of our ‘ramp of reform’, the last resting place of a mining community’s proudest possession – the pit banner.
Imagine how those miners felt striding together, their banner waving in the wind as they proudly carried it aloft. The banner was a powerful symbol of their unity and strength, binding them together as they pursued workers’ rights and holding them fast in times of grief and strife.
You can read more about the current banners on display.
Woodhorn Museum
Queen Elizabeth II Country Park
Ashington
Northumberland
NE63 9YF
