Citylife in Rugeley and Cannock Chase September October 2023

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Preserving Our Mining Heritage By Jackie Prince The National Miners’ Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire is becoming one of the most visited memorials on the site! During the two years since its unveiling by the Duke of Gloucester, voluntary group Chase Arts for Public Spaces [CHAPS] has continued to work to enhance aspects of the memorial and the site. They have been working on the elements to be included within the Time Capsule which, on 21st August 2023, was housed inside the memorial. The capsule contains paper and digital evidence of all aspects of design, planning, fund raising, building, unveiling and Dedication of the memorial, along with information about the pandemic we were living through whilst all of this was happening. There is also a mug which was designed to help to raise funds, a pin badge made to commemorate the memorial, an NUM card and a selection of miners’ and Mines Rescue pin badges – and a newspaper of the day! The Time capsule will again see the light of day 50 years from now – in 2073!! That will be a special occasion for our grandchildren. 24 Also fitted on that day, and visible to all, was a box containing a Davy Lamp, that iconic emblem of coal miners, some coal and two miners’ pit checks – one handed in before going ‘down the pit’ and collected upon the miner’s safe return above ground, the other kept in the possession of the miner himself – that way everyone could be accounted for. Thanks to a fibre optic cable, visitors will always be able to see the lamp alight. Mike and Trish Mellor, Len and Jackie Prince, Pat and Ken Ansell along with other members of CHAPS committee were present for this special day, as were many other visitors who have an interest in the National Miners’ Memorial. A Walker, Stonemasons of Cannock, had again carried out the work on the stone whilst artist Andy DeComyn constructed the box which houses the lamp. Details of the National Miners’ Memorial can be found on the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ChaseArtsForPublicSpaces, or on the website www.chaseartsforpublicspaces.co.uk. *Jackie Prince is the President of CHAPS.
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