MINERS and people with a family connection to the Oaks Colliery disaster are being urged to come forward and lay a cross for every man and boy who perished in the catastrophe 150 years ago.
A special ceremony will take place in the shadow of the Barnsley Main headgear on Sunday, December 11, between 11am and 2pm. Barnsley Main was chosen as the venue for the service as it eventually took over the workings of the Oaks Colliery.
The poignant gesture is the brainchild of the Barnsley Main Heritage Group, which is hosting the cross placing ceremony in commemoration of the hundreds of souls killed when two explosions devastated the mine.
