A SCULPURE celebrating County Durham's coalfield was dedicated at the weekend.
The six-tonne roundy - the miners' term for a large lump of coal - was sculpted out of concrete by Colin Rose, who teaches at Sunderland University. The dedication started at the Ushaw Moor Catholic Club, from where the Ushaw Moor Colliery Banner was piped to the site of the sculpture.
Representatives of local churches blessed the roundy and a bugler sounded the last post for those killed in the pits and former miners who died after leaving the industry. It cost £10,000 and is at Broom Lane
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