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Town remembers West Stanley pit disaster victims

JournalLive — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:22:00 GMT

A COMMUNITY came together yesterday to remember the victims of the West Stanley mining disaster.

JournalLive — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:30:00 GMT

THE tolling of the church bell could barely be heard above the sound of the strong winds buffeting the marquee.

JournalLive — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:29:00 GMT

TODAY marks the centenary of the Burns Pit disaster, which killed 168 men and boys in Stanley.

JournalLive — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:23:00 GMT

THE 100th anniversary of one of the region’s worst mining disasters was marked at a church service.