The Parish Council flag will be flown at half mast in an act of remembrance for those lost in the Whitwick Mining Disaster in 1898.
Images 1 and 2 from Whitwick Historical Group website – please read the full article here about Whitwick Colliery, the Whitwick Colliery Disaster 1898 and the pit winding wheel – https://whitwickhistoricalgroup.co.uk/whitwick-colliery/