Silverdale
Monument.
Silverdale Monument is a tribute to mining in Silverdale. It was designed by Steven Whyte and Michael Talbot after a successful campaign by Gerald D’Arcy to commission and fund raise for the installation for the monument.
The village of Silverdale and the surrounding area was dominated for many years by the coal industry. Silverdale pit closed on Christmas Eve in 1998.
The monument is dedicated to the 140 miners’ who lost their lives in Silverdale pit, with one who was unnamed but remembered.
There are plaques commemorating notable people from Silverdale; including engineer John Cadman of Silverdale who became Chief Executive of British Petroleum; former Silverdale miner Sir Joseph Cook, who became Prime Minister of Australia; the local political firebrand Fanny Deakin; and local miner, educationalist and author Harold Brown.
In 2020, as part of the Memories of Mine project, restoring the Silverdale Monument took place. The restoration journey can be found on the projects page.