1800s
Hafod Colliery 1880
Hafod Colliery 1880.
Hafod
50s
Hafod Colliery Cricket Team of 1950
Hafod Colliery Cricket Team of 1950 who were winners of the Area Industrial Shield. Top row (L-R): Bert Smith (Umpire), Fred Aspinal (Coach), Ed Wynne, Bob Burke, Os Jones (Umpire). Middle row (L-R): J. Jones, [more]
Coal Mining
Bonc-y-hafod (Hafod Bank)
Mynydd Picnic (Picnic Mountain) – Hafod 9th July 2010 The colliery once employed over 1900 local people, mainly from the villages of Rhos, Ponciau and Johnstown. The pit was closed in 1968. In the mid [more]
Coal Mining
Four Legged Hero of Hafod Colliery
Four Legged Hero of Hafod Colliery. A deep mine was sunk at Hafod in the 1860s by Ruabon Coal Company and, at its peak production employed nearly 2,000 workers and worked for a hundred years. [more]
Bersham
John Hubert Edward Jones (1923 – 2015) shares memories of his days as a miner.
Miners Memory Box Series filmed by Wrexham History. John Hubert Edward Jones (1923 – 2015) shares memories of his days as a miner. Filmed at Bersham Colliery 29th October 2013 in the North Wales Miners [more]