Market Hotel, Durham, 20th November 1869

Miners' Hall, North Road, Durham, 3rd June 1876

The four statues mounted at the front of the building are as follows :—

1 — Alexander MacDonald, President of the Miner's National Union until his death in 1881.

2 — William Crawford of Northumberland. Agent of Durham Miner's Association May 1870. General Secretary 1871. Secretary of The Miner's National Union 1877 to 1890. Secretary of Durham Miners Federation Board (miners, enginemen, mechanics, cokemen) and an M.P. Died Durham 31st July 1890.

3 — William Hammond Patterson. Born 1847, Fawdon Square Newcastle, son of a quarryman. Started work Jesmond Quarry aged 11. Within a year was working at Heworth Colliery. Heworth Lodge formed 1865 with Patterson as secretary. Committee member of DMA Feb 1870. Appointed Agent for South-West Durham District June 1870. Replaced Crawford as General Secretary on Crawford's death in 1890. Died 1896

4 — John Forman. Born Allerton Burn, Ancroft, Northumberland 1823. Worked at South Pontop Colliery from around 1850. Then as checkweighman at Grahamsley (North Roddymoor) Pit. Served with rescue teams at Seaham (1871 and 1880), Trimdon Grange, Tudhoe, West Stanley (1882), Usworth (1885) and Elemore (1886) disasters. Died 2nd Sept 1900.

When the new Miners' Hall was opened at Redhills in 1915 the statues were removed from the building and placed at the side of the drive to the new building.

New Miners' Hall, Redhills, Durham, 23rd October 1915