Photos - Alan Carr Unveils Burradon Memorial

Britains' best entertainer, Alan Carr (yes, we're biased, but will accept no arguments against), came to Burradon on 30th October 2011 to unveil a duplicate montage dedicated to the 186o Mining Disaster.

This was at the invitation of the Burradon and Camperdown Forum after Alan had discovered 11 of his ancestors and relatives had perished in awful circumstances in the pit explosion. Alan was made aware of these facts while filming for the BBC programme "Who Do You Think You Are".

A montage was originally created by artist Paul Allan for the commemoration event held on 2nd March 2010. This was erected in the school, but was of limited availability for the public to see, therefore a second montage was commissioned and unveiled on Fryers Millenium Green.