A Tour of Llay Mining Museum
Vic Tyler-Jones takes us on a tour of Llay Mining Museum
at Llay Miners Welfare.
October 2013
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A Tour of Llay Mining Museum
Llay Mining Museum
Bersham
Under the winding gear at Bersham Colliery 2015
Under the winding gear at Bersham Colliery 2015 Pictures taken 26th April 2015 by Graham Lloyd Song: Do it the safety way by Max Bygraves and the Grimthorpe Colliery Band.
Coal Mining
Gatewen Colliery
Gatewen Colliery opened in 1877, the pit belonged to the Broughton and Plas Power Coal Company. In 1914 the number of men employed here was 816 (696 underground and 120 surface workers). The mine had [more]
Llay
Llay British Legion – a club that’s got the lot.
Written by Geoff Wilding in 1982. The focal point of the small north Wales village of Llay (rhymes with sigh) is its thriving Royal British Legion Club.The village, which lies four miles north of the [more]