New plans have been submitted for the restoration of the Ffos y Fran site in Merthyr Tydfil but locals who have lived beside ...

25,000 Welsh workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved from having tens of thousands of unwanted men to a serious labour shortage.

The mine was responsible for 86% of the UK's total coal output before it closed. Chris said the couple have previously written to the Welsh government to try and encourage them to change the ...

F. Isherwood, Chief Engineer, U. S. N., it appears that the Collin's steamers use anthracite on the voyage to Liverpool, and Welsh coal, also an anthracite, on the return voyage. The Welsh coal ...

After Coal profiles inspiring individuals who are building a new future in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky and South Wales Meet exminers using theater to rebuild community infrastructure women ...

Got to be sorted' There are 2,573 disused coal tips in Wales, according to Welsh government data - the vast majority of which are in the former coal mining communities of the South Wales Valleys.

25,000 Welsh workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved from having tens of thousands of unwanted men to a serious labour shortage.

25,000 Welsh workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved from having tens of thousands of unwanted men to a serious labour shortage.