During a town council meeting last Wednesday, councillors were presented with a petition signed by 375 people in support of a colliery memorial.
One resident said the pit had been closed for more than 14 years and a memorial to remember the collie
ry is well overdue in Ollerton.
She said: "There is a big feeling among residents that people want to see the pit remembered in the town.
"At the moment people visiting the area have no way of knowing that we have had a pit.
"The community of Ollerton was built out of the colliery and therefore it should be remembered."
Councillors supported the request and said they hope to place two colliery memorials in Ollerton in the near future – one at the Sherwood Energy Village, where the pit entrance was, and another one in the town centre.
Coun Ben Wells, leader of Ollerton and Boughton Town Council, said: "I have happy memories of working at the colliery for 40 years and will support this request.
"There should be something in the town so people in the future realise that there was a colliery and it put Ollerton on the map."
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