MINNIE PIT and DIGLAKE PIT Memorial Service - Halmer End Methodist Church 11th January 2026

This is a recording of the entire memorial service held at Halmer End Methodist Church on Sunday 11th January 2026 - filmed and produced by Ray Johnson of Staffordshire Film Archive. Also remembering all the other miners who lost their lives and those who were injured in extracting coal from the Minnie Pit during its years of operation from 1881 to 1930 and all the miners of Diglake Colliery. There were 4,443 mining deaths in the North Staffs Coalfield during its operation from 1756 to 1995.