One in ten eighteen-year-olds were drafted into mines rather than the forces. 25,000 Welsh workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved ...

How GREEN WAS MY VALLEY—Richard Llewellyn—Macmillan ($2.75). When Huw Morgan begins his story he is close onto 60, slag heaps have crept close against the house his youth was spent in, and he ...

There are plans to create a £400m train testing site on the former Nant Helen opencast mine.

"Coal, steel and iron put this country where ... Ex-mineworkers call for share of pension surplus Welsh ex-miners welcome Budget pension payout Government to review second miners' pension scheme ...

This led to the launch of a Coal Tip Safety Taskforce between the Welsh and UK governments ... said he hoped a Disused Mine ...

Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are ...

THE life of Welsh coal miners in the days of Victoria would seem to be a grim, uncomfortable theme for a modern novel. But in Mr. Llewellyn’s telling it is a story as noble as it is simple and ...

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 ...

The end of the miners' strike 40 years ago and a well-known Welsh artist are the inspirations for a new fashion collection. Dewi Bowen was known for capturing iconic scenes of his hometown Merthyr ...