Big Pit National Coal Museum - Museum Wales
Visit us for free at Big Pit, a real coal mine with underground tours, miner guides and a warm welcome. Explore south Wales’ history of coal and industry, and enjoy our family activities and events.
Children in Mines - Museum Wales
2011年4月11日 · A coal mine was a dangerous place for adults, so it is no surprise that many children were badly injured underground. "Nearly a year ago there was an accident and most of us were burned. I was carried home by a man.
Plan Your Visit to Big Pit National Coal Museum - Museum Wales
The Pit Head Baths building which houses four exhibition spaces and uses objects and images to tell the story of coal mining in Wales. Themes include children in the mines, health, home life and the mining communities.
Coal Mining - Museum Wales
Coal Mining The coal mining collection at Amgueddfa Cymru comprises two thirds of all mining collections held by museums in Wales and form by far the most comprehensive record of the Welsh coal mining industry.
Cardiff – Coal and Shipping Metropolis of the World - Museum …
Coal overtakes Iron. From the 1850s, coal began to replace iron as the industrial foundation of south Wales. South Wales steam coal was what oil is today, with yearly exports reaching 2 million tonnes as early as 1862.
Welsh coalfields | Museum Wales
The list of source material on the Welsh coal industry is wide and varied. We receive queries on subjects ranging from information on individual collieries through to coal mining ancestors. This page is designed to list some of the more useful sources of information.
Highlights - Big Pit National Coal Museum - Museum Wales
Enjoy an exciting day out at Big Pit with a virtual tour of a modern coal mine, and exhibitions in the Pithead Baths and Historic colliery buildings.
Nantgarw Colliery - once the deepest coal mine in South Wales
2007年9月2日 · The deepest mine in south Wales Nantgarw Colliery was one of the flagships of the National Coal Board. It was the nearest deep mine to Cardiff, and a reminder to travellers that they had entered the south Wales coalfield.
Exhibition : Streic! 84-85 Strike! - National Museum Wales
2024年10月26日 · A summer of hope and high-spirited defiance leading to a winter of violence, hardship, loss of livelihoods – and ultimately life - across some of Wales’ hardiest communities. Forty years later, the effect of the Miners’ Strike lives on.
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COAL AND WALES
What is coal and where was it in Wales? What was coal mining, what jobs were there and what tools did they use? Did children work underground and was it dangerous underground? How did they live? A brief history of coal mining in Wales Rhyd-y-car: Miners homes through time Key vocabulary COAL AND WALES An introduction Contents | 4-8 9-15 16-20 ...