Today marks the 20th anniversary of the closure of Ellington Colliery, the last deep coal mine in the North East. In 1951, Oliver Kilbourn was invited to design a mining banner for Ellington Colliery. Proudly paraded at events including the annual Miners’ Picnics, this particular banner was funded through a Christmas draw, dances and a levy of all branch members. The two-sided banner shows rows of dark terraced houses under the view of the brooding skies and colliery buildings and pit heaps, wit
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