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When conjuring up an image of the Rhondda Valleys, your mind probably first goes to pit wheels and coal tips ... after passing part of the old railway line, you will shortly arrive at the Castell ...
The grim reaper returned to Rhondda next on 23 June 1894 ... over 100 people collided with the back of a freight train – a coal train, no less – killing 11 passengers. At the Great Western ...
The 34m in funding will see safety work take place at 130 sites in 10 local authority areas - with £11.5m focused on Rhondda Cynon Taf, which has the most coal tips classified as posing the ...
showing ex miners sitting in Pandy Square talking about the old days in the Rhondda when coal was king. Also memories of the Clydach mining disaster of 1963.
The Grade II listed Tylorstown Welfare Hall is receiving £4.7m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund which will ensure part of the Rhondda's coal mining heritage is protected for future generations.
Filmed in 1965, rare footage of early miners' housing in the Rhondda, now demolished, dating from the early days of the Rhondda coal industry in the mid 19th century.
When conjuring up an image of the Rhondda Valleys, your mind probably first goes to pit wheels and coal tips, but the beauty of its landscape ... From here, after passing part of the old railway line, ...
About 60,000 tonnes of soil slid down the side of the old coal tip near the Rhondda village of Tylorstown in 2020 People will be protected from landslips, with more than £34m being invested to ...
With coal tips dotted around the south Wales valleys - a legacy of the area's mining past - fears have existed for some time about the potential risks they pose. These concerns were heightened in 2020 ...
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