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Eliza Brown talks about how the burial of the men and boys of the 1909
West Stanley Pit disaster affected her and how she paid her own tribute
to the lives that were lost. • Listen to the interview |
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In this recording, Alwyn Kerr recalls his father's involvement in the
immediate aftermath of the West Stanley Pit disaster. • Listen to the interview |
| • Audio from Beamish Collections Online. To visit their audio section, click here | |||
| HUNDREDS of people gather to mark the centenary of the West Stanley Pit Disaster. | Youngsters have been learning about the West Stanley Pit disaster in 1909. |
| Youngsters from Stanley have been learning Lead Kindly Light, a hymn sang by trapped miners in 1909. |
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