Final tonne of coal from Kellingley Colliery to go on display at National Coal Mining Museum

The final tonne of coal to ever be mined at Kellingley Colliery will remain in the district at the National Coal Mining Museum.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/YWNG - 19/12/15 - Press - Kellingley Miners March, Knottingley Town Hall, Knottingley, England - Mick Woods at teh Kellingley Miners march in Knottingley.Picture by Allan McKenzie/YWNG - 19/12/15 - Press - Kellingley Miners March, Knottingley Town Hall, Knottingley, England - Mick Woods at teh Kellingley Miners march in Knottingley.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/YWNG - 19/12/15 - Press - Kellingley Miners March, Knottingley Town Hall, Knottingley, England - Mick Woods at teh Kellingley Miners march in Knottingley.

The museum will mark the closure of the pit, Britain’s last working deep coal mine, by purchasing the coal, which will go on public display early next year.

The coal will be stored in a museum collection marking the pit’s legacy.

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It will sit alongside portrait images of Kellingley miners, by photographer Anton Want, which went on display in a ‘Pit Profiles: Re-profiled’ exhibition last year.

Andy Smith, acting director and mine manager at the museum, said: “It is with great honour and sadness that we mark the end of not just an industry, but a loss of national heritage for the country. As a Yorkshire ex-miner I feel an immense sense of pride and responsibility for ensuring this heritage is not lost.

“We will continue to educate and inspire future generations about the history of coal mining and will display the last tonne of coal as a lasting reminder of deep-coal mining in Britain.”