Mining collection digs deep into Yorks past

[Deetektor]

Mining collection digs deep into Yorks past

IT IS a stunning collection that tells the tale of one of history's bitterest industrial struggles.
Peter Harrison, of Wakefield, is the proud owner of an enormous range of mining memorabilia.

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"A number of those were found in Yorkshire fields by metal detecting enthusiasts, having been ground into the earth by decomposing "shoddy."
Peter explained: "In the old days farmers used to cut up old clothes and spread them on the land, it was a cheap fertiliser and they called it shoddy."

[Donnydave]

I have only found one union badge so far, but my brother-in-law found the exact same one in brilliant condition in his back garden, as anybody else found anything to do with coal mining?
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showre ... 88&cat=500