Telford schoolchildren join service to remember the 'Nine Men of Madeley' who died in mining disaster
A new generation of Telford schoolchildren have been learning about a Shropshire mining disaster that claimed the lives of nine men and boys.
Pupils at John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School attended a rededication ceremony for the 'Nine Men of Madeley' after learning in history lessons about their tragic deaths.
On Monday the children joined a ceremony at St Michael's Church in Madeley to remember the miners who fell to their deaths 160 years ago.
A memorial plaque at the graves has recently been refurbished.
On September 27 of 1864, nine miners - six of them just boys - in Madeley jumped on a chain to "ride the double" 720 feet back up into daylight after a hard day in the pit.
Sadly, they never made it back to the surface.
