The Big Pit museum is a 140-year-old former coal mine in Blaenavon, in south Wales and part of Museum Wales, a government-backed body which is bound to follow a Labour directive to set “the ...
Ioan Lord is rediscovering Wales' lost mines. Their existence and whereabouts have been forgotten about for hundreds of years. He believes there are more than 1,000 mines in mid Wales alone - and ...
An old copper mine at Parys Mountain has spoil heaps stained different colours by the metal ores in the rocks Ending pollution from old lead, zinc and copper mines in Wales will cost as much as £ ...
This meant that the war saw some form of prosperity return to the south Wales coalfield after the long, hard inter-war years. One in ten eighteen-year-olds were drafted into mines rather than the ...
This meant that the war saw some form of prosperity return to the south Wales coalfield after the long, hard inter-war years. One in ten eighteen-year-olds were drafted into mines rather than the ...
An interactive map showing the locations of the most dangerous coal tips in Wales has been published. Updated figures show there are 2,556 disused coal tips in Wales with 350 in the two most ...