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carnkie
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17 years ago

There are a substantial number of archive photos of the above here if anyone is interested.

http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Photo.htm

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

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hymac580c
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17 years ago

Very fascinating site that carnkie. Also has an interesting forum. My grandfather worked at a coalmine at Rhondda during the 1st world war. Dont know which one. All I know is they lived at Cwm rd, Porth. I will have a go with some enquieries etc. see if anyone has any records.

Bellach dim ond swn y gwynt yn chwibian, lle bu gynt yr engan ar cynion yn tincian.

carnkie
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17 years ago

I imagine there will be quite a few records just before that. The Welsh miners strike, Churchilll as Home Secretary, troops, riots in Tonypandy, etc.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

Mr.C
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17 years ago

Does anyone know if the steam winder from Ty Mawr colliery still exists?
It was built by a foundary a few hundred yards from where I'm sitting & untill I saw a photo of it a few years ago I didn't even realise there was an engine builder here (Kidsgrove Staffs). Neither did our "local historian".
It looked a loverly beam job, fluted columns, the works!

We inhabit an island made of coal, surrounded by a sea full of fish. How can we go wrong.......

carnkie
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17 years ago

"hymac580c" wrote:
Very fascinating site that carnkie. Also has an interesting forum. My grandfather worked at a coalmine at Rhondda during the 1st world war. Dont know which one. All I know is they lived at Cwm rd, Porth. I will have a go with some enquieries etc. see if anyone has any records.

I agree although Welsh mining isn't my field (what is I ask?). I've been looking at the site again, by no means comprehensively, and there is a lot of good stuff in there. Perhaps it could be added to our links. It brought back memories of that awful tregedy at Aberfan.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thereggy/1586207219/in/set-72157602447635260/

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.