Thanks to the Ilkeston Advertiser - From Scrap Book To Hi-Tec History For Pits Rescue. The Prince of Wales paid tribute to four miners killed in an accident as he officially opened a monument on the site of a former Ayrshire colliery. Evening Post, April 19th 1973 - There's Been An Explosion Rescues Are Their Business June 1961 - The Training Gallery March 1954 - Link Between Rescuers And Station installed at Ilkeston Derby Evening Telegraph - Saving Men's Lives Is Their Business Associated Northcliffe Digital, the web division of the Derby Evening Telegraph Group. You and Yesterday We want this to become the biggest and best site about Derbyshire’s past – but we need your help to make that happen. We want to hear about your memories from the 20th century – or maybe you have stories about your family’s history that go back even further? If something’s happened in Derbyshire, or involved Derbyshire people, we want to know about it. It is a wiki site, so it allows you to edit and add your own stories and upload photographs. Sunday, 28 July, 2002 - Trapped US miners rescued 9 May, 2006 - Aussie miners rise from the underworld UK Coal Threatens To Close Five Pits 'King Coal' strikes comeback seam 20/02/2006 End Of An Era at Rossington Colliery

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