https://www.ipernity.com/tag/286547/keyword/4740356 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/109/53/5F/286547.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/286547/keyword/4740356 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:55:16 +0000 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:55:16 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271714 tag:ipernity.com,2016-06-22,doc-42271714 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:29:54 +0000 2016-06-21T15:13:26+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271714"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/14/42271714.04c2cf38.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Detail of <b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110106</div> The Waiting Miner (7) - 21 June 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271714"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/14/42271714.04c2cf38.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Detail of <b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110106</div> John Oram https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271716 tag:ipernity.com,2016-06-22,doc-42271716 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:29:58 +0000 2016-06-21T15:13:26+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271716"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/16/42271716.f988b6f9.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Detail of <b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110106M</div> The Waiting Miner (7M) - 21 June 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271716"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/16/42271716.f988b6f9.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Detail of <b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110106M</div> John Oram https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271712 tag:ipernity.com,2016-06-22,doc-42271712 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:29:53 +0000 2016-06-21T15:12:20+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271712"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/12/42271712.906b6434.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110104</div> The Waiting Miner (6) - 21 June 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271712"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/12/42271712.906b6434.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110104</div> John Oram https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271710 tag:ipernity.com,2016-06-22,doc-42271710 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:29:52 +0000 2016-06-21T15:11:51+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271710"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/10/42271710.49e72650.240.jpg?r2" width="181" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Detail of <b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110103M</div> The Waiting Miner (5M) - 21 June 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271710"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/10/42271710.49e72650.240.jpg?r2" width="181" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Detail of <b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110103M</div> John Oram https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271706 tag:ipernity.com,2016-06-22,doc-42271706 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:29:49 +0000 2016-06-21T15:11:03+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271706"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/06/42271706.c7498cd0.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110100</div> The Waiting Miner (4) - 21 June 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271706"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/06/42271706.c7498cd0.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110100</div> John Oram https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271708 tag:ipernity.com,2016-06-22,doc-42271708 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:29:50 +0000 2016-06-21T15:11:51+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271708"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/08/42271708.19211935.240.jpg?r2" width="181" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Detail of <b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110103</div> The Waiting Miner (5) - 21 June 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271708"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/08/42271708.19211935.240.jpg?r2" width="181" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Detail of <b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110103</div> John Oram https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271704 tag:ipernity.com,2016-06-22,doc-42271704 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:29:48 +0000 2016-06-21T15:10:35+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271704"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/04/42271704.fbbd5c76.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110099</div> The Waiting Miner (3) - 21 June 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271704"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/04/42271704.fbbd5c76.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110099</div> John Oram https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271700 tag:ipernity.com,2016-06-22,doc-42271700 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:29:43 +0000 2016-06-21T15:09:41+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271700"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/00/42271700.22eaad09.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110096E1</div> The Waiting Miner (1) - 21 June 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/42271700"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/00/42271700.22eaad09.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>'The Waiting Miner'</b> (1966) by H Phillips, bronze on concrete base.<br /> <br /> I found this statue, now at the entrance to Betteshanger Country Park, very moving. When one recalls the decline of the mining industry, most think, I imagine, of Wales, the north of England and Scotland but there was an important coalfield with five collieries in Kent also. Betteshanger was one of the five.<br /> <br /> The beautifully sculpted statue has a long and sometimes controversial history of being moved around Kent and I commend to you the following two articles amongst others:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14354786</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteshanger_Country_Park</a><br /> <br /> 200_2_P1110096E1</div> John Oram