THE unveiling of a memorial to the 361 men and boys who perished in the Oaks Colliery disaster has been pushed back by six months.
The grand artwork created by Barnsley sculptor Graham Ibbeson was expected to be unveiled on December 12 - the 150th anniversary of the catastrophe, the worst in England’s mining history.
Graham told the Chronicle the sculpture is finished but a delay in securing stone for the plinth to seat the one-ton bronze has hampered the ambitious plans.
He said: “We’ve raised £120,000 for the sculpture and that has been completed and ready for December 12.
“However, the funding of the plinth is what has delayed it.”
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