Your memories help to tell the story of mining for a BBC Wales project. |
Pits and potteries helped to shape the town of Buckley. |
A detailed study of the events leading up to and after the tragedy. |
Gordon uncovers a book about local miners' 'crimes'. |
Poor living conditions & pay led to an uprising of miners in the 1800s. |
Names like 'Linger and Die' provide an insight into conditions. |
Find out stories behind nicknames like Dai Feather Boa. |
Photos of local miners and where they worked. |
Your memories, photos and links to do with the pit. |
Photo of miners from Knowle Lane, Buckley, c1920s |
John Evans survived when Pentre Fram pit was flooded in 1819. |
A poem by Jack, to be read 'with a miner's sense of humour'! |
Robert was a policeman involved in a major flashpoint. |
View workers at Klondike Mine, Rhos, c1926. |
Ken worked in the coal industry for 50 years. |
Derbyshire miners settled on Halkyn Mountain.
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Once the deepest and biggest employer of miners in Wales. |
Raymond Davies salutes the Bevin Boys of WWII and recalls his own time at Black Park. |
Experts explain the history and legacy of coal in NE Wales. |
A tapestry tells the story of an explosion in a 19th Century pit. |
The last pit to close in the Denbighshie coalfield. |
The day men of Point of Ayr Colliery went back to work. |
Weblog: History & Memories
