Diglake Colliery Disaster 1895

Peter Hodgkins from Miles Green wrote a poem for the Centennial of the Minnie Pit Disaster in 2018 but was not able to get the poem to Halmer End Methodist Church in time for it to be read at the Centennial Weekend and so he sent the poem to The Sentinel who published it for him. However, he kindly brought the poem to us for inclusion in this year's Commemorative Service held at the Church...

Ray Johnson from the Staffordshire Film theatre has prepared a new DVD for the Minnie Pit Disaster of 12th January 1918. The DVD was prepared for the Commemoration of the Disaster on the 12th January 2022 and was available at the Commemorative Service held at Halmer End Methodist Church on the 16th January 2022. More details of the contents of the DVD are on the attached cover pictures.The...

On Thursday 11th November 2021 four military veterans joined a group of workers who were doing maintenance work on the Minnie Pit Heritage Site. At 11.00 am work stopped and the group gathered around the Disaster Memorial to share in the national two minutes silence for all who died in the wars. This was an appropriate time to also remember the miners who died in the Minnie Pit during the first...