Article from the local paper on January 8th.

Talking about the film on BBC Radio Sheffield – Toby Foster at Breakfast – 15th January 2016.

 

Great news is that the film These Fragments has received its first Official Selection for a Film Festival screening: at the Hollywood International Independent Film Festival no less! To comply with the requirements of this and other festivals the final cut has to be password protected. If you would like a password to view the film, email bellebete@mail.com and we’ll get right onto it.

We are happy to be associated with a charitable project involving a number of local bodies to commemorate and construct a memorial to an industrial tragedy of national significance, the Oaks Colliery Disaster of December 12-13 1866. Although long since built over, part of the periphery of the Oaks site, and the rows of colliery workers houses that still remian in use, feature in These Fragments. You can get more information from the following link

Remember the Oaks

There is also a video introduction to the appeal we helped to make featuring internationally renowned sculptor Graham Ibbeson.

Oaks Appeal Video

The Dearne Valley Landscape Partnership are also helping to research the identification of the victims, which currently rests on partial and unconfirmed data aided by the Friends of Hemingfield Colliery (which was also one of the sites of the film). Their site is here:

Friends of Hemingfield Colliery Oaks Disaster

Experience Barnsley museum is also developing an exhbition When the Oaks Fired, that will run in the weeks receding the anniversary, and local schools and Horizon Community College are developing learning materials. These Fragments will feature in both of these initiatives. Another very informative site is this one:

Healey Hero – The Oaks