The Forum is delighted to announce that the funding has been secured for the commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Burradon Colliery Mining Disaster of 2nd March 1860. The project was awarded £5,000 at the Elected Mayors Well-Being Fund for Neighbourhoods Event held on 27 November 2008.
Community Groups from North Tyneside attended the event and there was a presentation of the individual projects and there was a vote to award 2 grants of £5,000. The Commemoration Project received 60% of the votes which is a remarkable achievement considering the quality of the projects competing for the awards. The Forum wishes to convey our appreciation to the groups which supported our project.
The preparation for the official commemoration service will commence at the Forum meeting held on 3 February 2009. The Forum will be working closely with Burradon Community Primary School and The Church of the Good Shepherd. Miss Hunter, Acting Head Teacher, Burradon Community Primary School has started preparing for the event and has held a series of meetings with representatives of Woodhorn Colliery Museum and it is hoped that the children will visit the museum to research life working at a mine and there will be retired miners available to discuss their experiences working in a colliery.
However, we hope that retired miners from Burradon Colliery will volunteer to work with the school and visit the children to discuss their experiences working at the pit which will ensure the project is more relevant for the local children.
Local artist Paul Allan will begin the preliminary sketches of the montage in the New Year and he will be working with the school during the development phase of the artwork and incorporating the children's ideas which will ensure the artwork reflects the ideas and vision of the entire community.
Anyone interested in becoming involved with the project is requested to contact Miss Hunter on 0191-2008345.
Finally, we wish to express our gratitude to Felicity Shoesmith, Angela Gent and Jackie Laughton, North Tyneside Council for their support and encouragement during the application process to the Elected Mayor's Well-Being Fund.
It is our intention to post regular updates on the website to inform the community of the progress of the project and residents are welcome to attend the Forum meeting on 3rd February 2009 to become involved in the project.
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