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Durham Miners' Association
@DurhamMiners
Official account of the Durham Miners' Association (DMA). We host @DurhamGala. Our home is @RedhillsDurham
Sep 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
"Dear wife, farewell, my thoughts are about you and the children” – the final words of Durham miner Michael Smith, written while trapped underground. He was one on 164 miners killed #OnThisDay in 1880 in the Seaham Colliery Disaster. (1/5) Image Michael Smith's farewell message was later found scratched onto the base of his tin water bottle. His wife Margaret was one of 105 women widowed by the disaster. 265 children were left without a father. In total 382 adults and children were left with no means of support. (2/5)
May 25, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
DMA statement: “Dominic Cummings may be from Durham, but he is not of Durham. His shameful actions are an insult to our communities and the values that bind us together. We look after each other. We do not put people in danger through acts of selfishness.” (1/4) “In defending Cummings, the Prime Minister has shown a sickening contempt, not only for the people of Durham who were put at risk, but for all of the British people.” (2/4)