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High Valleyfield High Valleyfield was built on the grounds of Velleyfield House to house the miners for the nearby Valleyfiueld Colliery which was sunk in 1908..
The Valleyfield Pit Disaster (1939)  35 men were killed at Valleyfield Colliery, Fife on 28th October 1939 when shot firing caused an explosion of fire damp.
VALLEYFIELD PIT DISASTER MEMORIAL
ERECTED IN MEMORY OF
ALL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF AN IGNITION
OF FIREDAMP AND COALDUST IN THE DIAMOND SECTION OF
VALLEYFIELD PIT ON OCTOBER 28TH 1939 AT ABOUT 4AM
TEARFULLY THEY CAME TO VALLEYFIELD PITHEAD
ON THAT AUTUMN DAY
IN PAINFUL GRIEF TO CLAIM THE DEAD
WITH DEEP RESPECT WE PRAY
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
ALL THOSE WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF WORKING IN THE MINE
1908 – 1978
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