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Concord Miners' Statue & Blue Plaque
- The Statue
- Programme Page 1
- Page 2
- Page 3
- Page 4
- Visit To Sculptor
- Ceremony
- Blessing
- The Blue Plaque
WASHINGTON MINERS' STATUE
( A Miner, his Wife and Son. "Don't forget your bait, Dad." )
'STEPPING OUT INTO A BRIGHTER FUTURE'
Sculptor: Carl Payne
Photographer: Kieron Mathews, 10th May 2016.
Sited near Concord Bus Station, Washington.
Thanks to Washington Miners and Community Heritage Group.
Funded by Washington Area Committee
WASHINGTON MINERS' STATUE
Programme for Unveiling Ceremony
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Programme for Unveiling Ceremony
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Programme for Unveiling Ceremony
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Programme for Unveiling Ceremony
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[ See Also: 'Communities Built On Coal' - Top Menu. ]
WASHINGTON MINERS' STATUE
Usworth & Glebe Banner Groups visit the Sculptor in Stoke
Mr Les Simpson, Chairman of Washington Miners and Community Heritage Group
( Thursday, 8th March 2012 )
Sculptor Carl Payne with The Washington Miner
The Washington Miner's Family - Almost Complete
( Thursday, 8th March 2012 )
[ Photographs taken by Members of Usworth & Glebe Banner Groups. Thanks to Cllr John Kelly. ]
WASHINGTON MINERS' STATUE
The Unveiling Ceremony
Saturday, 31st March 2012
Mr David Hopper (left), General Secretary of Durham Miners Association, does the Honours.
Cllr Paul Watson, Leader of Sunderland Council - Cllr John Kelly
Mr David Hopper, General Secretary of Durham Miners Association - Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP
Applause from the Large Crowd along Victoria Road
Mr David Hopper
General Secretary DMA
Revd Paul Grundy
Rector of Usworth Holy Trinity Church
Prayers at the Unveiling Ceremony were led by Revd Grundy.
[ Photographs taken by Members of Usworth & Glebe Banner Groups. Thanks to Cllr John Kelly. ]
WASHINGTON MINERS' STATUE
Blessing of the Miners' Statue
Sunday, 9th September 2012
Cllr Bob Heron, Mayor of Sunderland - Rt Revd Mark Bryant, Bishop of Jarrow
Washington Miners Statue with Usworth, Washington Glebe & Washington 'F' Pit Lodge Banners.
The young man in the picture is wearing the colours of Usworth Primary School.
The Bishop also blessed Banners created by local Primary Schools.
[ Wessington, Usworth Colliery, Albany, St. Bede's, Springwell, John F. Kennedy and Usworth Grange. ]
Rt Revd MARK BRYANT - BISHOP of JARROW
"It is essential that people continue to remember the sacrifices made by the region's Miners
and that younger generations are educated in the region's mining past."
[ Photographs taken by Members of Usworth & Glebe Banner Groups. Thanks to Cllr John Kelly. ]
WASHINGTON MINERS' BLUE PLAQUE
Commemorating Mineworkers from Local Coal Mines
( Officially Unveiled on Friday, 24th July 2020 )
Photographer: Tom Copeman, Member of Washington History Society.
[ Friday, 24th July 2020 ]
The Washington Miners' Memorial Stone and Blue Plaque can be seen close to the Washington Miners' Statue
on the grassed area between Victoria Road and Concord Bus Station.
Washington Miners' Memorial - Flowers laid by Councillor Jill Fletcher
[ Photographer: Tom Copeman ]
Councillor Graeme Miller, Leader of Sunderland Council
Les Simpson, Chairman of Washington Miners and Community Heritage Group
Sharon Hodgson MP - Kevin Roddy, Washington Miners' Banner Group
Councillor Jill Fletcher - Wilf Brown, Bowes Railway Museum Volunteer and former Miner
Alan Mardghum, President / Secretary of the Durham Miners' Association, and former Wearmouth Lodge Secretary.
[ Photographer: Tom Copeman ]
The Miners' Memorial Stone & Plaque were unveiled by Sharon Hodgson, Graeme Miller and Alan Mardghum.
[ N.B. The brief, informal Unveiling Ceremony took place during the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic, hence the absence of crowds and ceremony. ]