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A Monument To Mining Gets A Reprieve And New Life

VISUAL Posted: March 15, 2020 11:30 am

This 1915 monument to coal mining is going to live on, by luck (and a heritage fund). “The crowning glory was a spectacular debating chamber, nicknamed the pitman’s parliament, in which each numbered seat corresponded to a colliery. Deliberately designed to resemble a mine-owner’s country estate, Redhills was a unique and extraordinary monument to working-class pride, ambition and self-organisation.” – The Observer (UK)

VISUAL Published: 03.15.20

Read the story in The Observer (UK) Published: 03.15.20

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