The sun came out on Agecroft Road this afternoon, as Salford's annual International Workers Memorial Day ceremony remembered community activists and co-founders of the Irwell Valley Mining Project, Madge Kelly and Councillor Harry Davies. A special plaque in their memory was unveiled on the side of the miners' monument by Linda Davies and Ivor Kelly.
Salford's Workers Memorial Day is traditionally held one week before the official Day on 28th April, and Hilda Palmer, from the Hazards Campaign, spoke on this year's theme of inequality in work.
She told how conditions at work in this country have a direct influence on workers' health, and urged people to get rid of this 'bastard Government' which is basically killing people.*
Meanwhile, the local miners monument champion, Jean, gave a brief history of the pit on her doorstep, and a minute's silence was held, after the names of those who perished in the colliery were read out.
* For further details on the Manchester event for International Workers Memorial Day - click here
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