The Oaks Colliery

Often pass this disused colliery on games to Barnsley. Today in sunshine caught it in fine relief in both the blip and the extra which my son provided. This site is the site of the worst disaster in the mining industry. The Oaks Colliery Disaster, Barnsley, Yorkshire happened on 12 and 13 December 1866. It resulted in 361 deaths during two separate explosions and remains the worst pit disaster ever in England in terms of lives lost. A sobering thought.