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Lynne Barton

Steve Rhodes

Netherthorpe School & Springwell Community College

Artist Stephen Broadbent

Lynn Ludditt and Sandra Struggles

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Markham Vale March by Ken Wain

’10 Years of Walking Together’ Book and Film Launched!

Plans forming for 50th Anniversary commemoration

55 Words Story Writing Competition
Primary school drawing canary

Creative Responses to Markham’s Mining Heritage

Walking Together Completed – Final 13 Figures Installed

Markham Mining Memorial Drop in Event 13th October 2022

Mining Memorial June 2022 Update
Markham Black Shale 1938 by A.E.Onions 1

Markham Black Shale 1938 – poem by A.E.Onions

Five more statues added to Walking Together – Autumn 2021

Markham Vale Heritage Group Spring 2021 Newsletter

Community Fundraising Campaign for Markham Colliery Mining Memorial Trail

New! Resource Pack for Schools about Markham’s Mining Heritage now available

Further Statues added to Miners Memorial, December 2020

Walking Together – Virtual Launch Short Film – Summer 2020

Further statues added to miners memorial

1973 Markham Colliery Disaster memorial service at Chesterfield Parish Church

Funding Boost – Press release 4.02.20

New Content

Walking Together ‘Highly Commended’ at Biennial Regional Heritage Awards

1938 – Arthur Carter family photos

Markham miners memorial unveiling (16 September 2019)

Chesterfield Walking Festival – Markham Colliery, The Story Mine

Derbyshire Heritage Awards

Story Mine Celebration Event & Website Launch 18/11/18