The legacy of the mining industry is never far from Midsomer Norton.

Now two more reminders could be coming to town.

Morton Duery, a Trustee of The Somerset District Miners' Welfare Trust (SDMWT), has approached Midsomer Norton Town Council for permission to erect a metal silhouette of a miner, entirely funded by the SDMWT, which will look similar to one recently installed at the newly opened Collier's Copse in Camerton. Glastonbury founder and former Chilcompton miner Michael Eavis opened that site in May.

The suggested site for installation is by the colliery rail coal truck on the corner of Silver Street and South Road, although this is not fixed.

There would also be an information board about the five pits in the Radstock Basin.

The Somerset District Miners' Welfare Trust would also like to reinstate the gate that crossed the railway track which is now the Greenway leading away from the Somerset and Dorset Railway Station, close to the traffic lights: The posts are still there today, and the plan is to keep the gates open and to put in an information board.

The SDMWT have the support of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Station for this, and they might add some railway sleepers. The SDMWT are hoping that the local scouts might help with the installation.

According to Midsomer Norton Town Council the land belongs to B&NES.

The proposals will be discussed at tonight (June 4) council meeting which is at 7.00pm in the Assembly Room, The Town Hall, The Island, Midsomer Norton.

The SDMWT have asked if Midsomer Norton Town Council would support the project in principle. Recommendation: To grant permission for the installation of a metal silhouette of a miner in the town and consider where it might be installed. To support in principle the proposal to reinstate the colliery gate on the Greenway.