Sharon attended the
campaign to memorialise the industrial heritage of working class
people across the UK.
The
campaign is asking for the Ordinance Survey to view coalmines as
historical features and to commemorate them by placing a half
pit-wheel symbol on the sites of regenerated coalmines. Three
short films were shown to celebrate this industrial tradition of
the UK.
Sharon
spoke enthusiastically about the
event,
“The industrial legacy of the North East is
very important, and it has made the region what it is today.
We should not be allowed to forget the past, and the hard work of
many people who deserve our respect. I want to make sure that
we can keep on celebrating our history while embracing our future,
and I feel proud to come from a region that is so steeped in
industrial heritage”.
Article here from the BBC
News website:
Campaign to
get coal pits on maps
A woman born at the
height of the miners' strike is taking her fight for Yorkshire's
regenerated pit towns to be recognised to the House of
Commons.
Rachael Horne, 22, started the
Pin the Pits campaign to get Ordnance Survey (OS) to mark
regenerated coal mines in the region on its maps.
To mark the 25th anniversary
since the year-long strike, Miss Horne will show MPs three short
films on the campaign.
The group wants OS to use a half
pit wheel to symbolise the revamped areas.
Some of the most well-known pits
coal mines including, Maltby and Cortonwood in South Yorkshire were
involved in the 1984 Miners' Strike.
While Riccall Colliery in Selby,
North Yorkshire was one of the last pits to close in the
UK.
'Brilliant
campaign
Miss Horne, the daughter of a
miner who worked at Bentley Pit in Doncaster, will be presenting
the documentaries about the lives and times of former miners to
generate interest from MPs.
Miss Horne said she hoped to
create a cultural and historical legacy of the coal mines across
the UK through her art.
The fine arts graduate said:
"The sites that I believe should be marked are large regenerated
sites ranging up to 80 hectares.
"It would not clutter the map,
the regenerated sites are of cultural importance, they often
contain a pulley wheel and sculptures as well as public artworks
and memorials.
"These sites have cost millions
to redevelop, this alone is something to celebrate and
mark."
Musician Billy Bragg, a
supporter of Pin the Pits, said: "This a brilliant campaign, made
all the more special by the fact it has been initiated by a young
artist who was herself born in a mining village during the Great
Strike."
A spokesman for OS said it
feared the request would clutter the maps.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7638197.stm
Published: 2008/09/26 14:16:46 GMT
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