Six Jolly Miners

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Six Jolly Miners

Welcome to the Grenoside Sword Dancers "Six Jolly Miners" website.

Six Jolly Miners at the Oaks Colliery Commemoration 2017
Six Jolly Miners at the Oaks Colliery Commemoration 2017

Who are we?

The Grenoside Sword Dancers is a sword dancing team based in Sheffield, England. Our Six Jolly Miners dance is a tribute to miners who have lost their lives in mining disasters, focussing on the accident at Newton Chambers colliery in High Green, Sheffield, in 1862, where 6 miners lost their lives. We recite their names at the beginning of our dance.

What do we do?

We take the dance out into the local community - anywhere we can put on a good and entertaining show of song and dance, while spreading awareness of what is still a very dangerous occupation.

Six Jolly Miners go to war!

We have done much research into the history of mining and miners in our local area, including those involved in the Great War, many of whom lost their lives in battle. From 2016 we have been commemorating those miners and soldiers in a new performance called Six Tommy Soldiers.

The Six Jolly Miners needs YOU!

If you would like to know where we are performing, would like us to perform at an event, or if you would even like to join the team and take part in our upcoming events and performances, then please contact us using the enquiry form.

We practice alternate Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Grenoside Reading Room, 42a School Lane, Grenoside S35 8QU


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