When seven men died in the Lofthouse Colliery disaster 40 years ago only one body was recovered. And while six men still remain in the mine, the memory of the catastrophe is seared into the minds of ...

In 1973 800 men worked around the clock at Lofthouse Colliery in Wakefield bringing coal out of its rich seams. It was a dirty, dark dangerous job. On the day of the disaster, March 21st, 30 men were ...

A 77-year-old former miner who was stabbed whilst bravely trying to tackle Jo Cox's killer was also a hero of a colliery disaster 40 years ago. Have-a-go hero Bernard Kenny was waiting outside the ...

It is important for socialists today to understand how antisemitism and fascism were defeated in East London in 1936, writes APSANA BEGUM MP THERE will be a small gathering today at a memorial which ...

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Michael Portillo reflected on a mining tragedy on as he travelled between Wakefield and Leeds on his BBC show Great British Railway Journeys. He visited the National Coalmining Museum for England whch ...

But the inrush of water had blocked the main gate and made the tail gate impassable. Two large holes appeared in a farmer s field directly above the point where the accident happened as the water ...

But the inrush of water had blocked the main gate and made the tail gate impassable. Two large holes appeared in a farmer s field directly above the point where the accident happened as the water ...