Memorials: Miners' Memorial, Conisbrough
Artist: Graham IBBESON

Artist:	Graham Ibbeson
TitleOfWork:	Miners' Memorial - Front view of the memorial
DateOfWork:	1987
Dimensions:
Medium:	bronze and limestone
Location:	Conisborough, South Yorkshire
Country:	UK - England
Photographer:	Dave Ball
ImageCopyright:	Sheffield Hallam University
AccessionNumber:	89~1517
FileSize:	205469
Description: Four large blocks of uncut limestone are grouped together in a square. On one stands a bronze woman, hands on hips, with a shawl over her head. Between the limestone blocks is a mound of coal and broken timbers, from which the head and shoulders of a trapped miner can be seen. Commission: Commissioned by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, with the assistance of Public Arts and the Yorkshire Arts Association. Comment: A plaque on one of the limestone blocks states: "A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND BOYS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE DENABY AND CADEBY MAIN COLLIERIES FROM 1869 AND TO THE WOMEN WHO SHARED THEIR LIVES ..."