Gresford Colliery, the last piece standing.
Gresford Colliery closed on economic grounds in November 1973. In the 1980s the site was redeveloped as an industrial estate. In 1982 a memorial to the victims of the disaster was erected nearby; it was constructed using a wheel from the old pit-head winding gear.
Source: Emlyn Davies, Penycae.
The extensive occupations in coal mining is detailed below as used by the National Coal Board in 1952. COALFACE F.1 Collier Getting and filling coal on to conveyor or into trams; getting and filling coal, [more]
In the news January 1909. SINGULAR DEATH AT RHOS THE INQUEST. Mr LIewelyn Kenrick held an inquest at Bethlehem Chapel, Rhos, on Wednesday evening, touching the death of a young man 21 years, named Richard [more]
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