Gresford Colliery was a coal mine located a mile from the North Wales village of Gresford, near Wrexham. The North Wales Coalfield, of which Gresford...
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Gresford disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, when an explosion and underground fire killed 261 men. Gresford is...
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the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales. The former Gresford Colliery was the site of the Gresford disaster, one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters...
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violent explosion ripped through the Dennis section of Gresford Colliery. An inquiry into the Gresford disaster was ordered on 11 October 1934 and sat intermittently...
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Shawcross was part of the legal team hired by the colliery owners at the inquiry into the Gresford Colliery disaster in 1934, Stafford Cripps in counterpart...
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club and the memory of the tragedy of the Gresford Colliery: on 22 September 1934, a gas explosion in the Gresford coal mine causes the mine to cave in, trapping...
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structure, which was used mainly by colliers who worked at the large Gresford Colliery nearby. Continuing along the B5425, the former St Peter's Church building...
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Dennis may also refer to: Henry Dennis (sheriff) William Dnnis of Gresford colliery Harry Dennis (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Henry...
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One of the worst mining disasters in British history occurred at Gresford Colliery in 1934 when underground explosions and a subsequent fire cost the...
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Pandy, Gwersyllt (redirect from Pandy/The Gresford Heath Estate)
entrance to Gresford Colliery stood in the village. Gresford Colliery Social Club is in the village and alongside it a memorial to the Gresford Disaster...
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1934: Gresford Disaster. An explosion and underground fire killed 261 men at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, UK. April 26, 1942: Benxihu Colliery disaster...
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Britain in the 1930s, most notable for leading the enquiry into the Gresford Colliery Disaster of 1934. In his younger days he was a rugby player of some...
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Garw/Ffaldau Colliery Gresford Colliery (closed 1973) Great Western Mine Groesfaen Colliery, Bargoed. Sunk 1902, closed 1968. Hafodyrynys Colliery Lady Windsor...
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to Wrexham to work in the expanding industries of coal and iron. Gresford Colliery had recently been opened where it was expected that approximately...
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deep coal pits were dug, one at Gresford opening in 1911, and another at Llay Main. In 1934, a colliery disaster in Gresford killed 261 miners, with 3 rescuers...
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"West Country Melodeon" in 1975. "Gresford Disaster": on 22 September 1934 265 colliers died at the Gresford Colliery in North Wales. A. L. Lloyd included...
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Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. His father worked as a fan house attendant at Gresford Colliery, and his grandfather was British bar billiards champion in 1906. After...
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Graham Land in Antarctica. 22 September – Gresford disaster: a gas explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, north-east Wales, which leads...
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1930s highlighted the plight of mining communities. A disaster at Gresford Colliery demonstrated poor working conditions and breaches in the law by employers...
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Hebburn (redirect from Hebburn Colliery)
Hebburn Robert Saint, composer, best known for his musical composition "Gresford", also known as "The Miners Hymn" Frank Wappat, BBC Radio presenter and...
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Gresford Colliery, site of the 1934 Gresford disaster which claimed 266 lives, and also goes to All Saints' Church to see a painting of the colliery....
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story of a young girl whose life is changed by the tragedies of the Gresford Colliery disaster in 1934 and, many years later, the Aberfan disaster in 1966...
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and other buildings in Osaka. September 22 – A gas explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, north-east Wales, kills 266 miners and rescuers. September...
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Borough, Wales. It borders several other villages including Gwersyllt and Gresford. At the 2001 Census, the total population of the community of Llay, including...
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Acton, one just outside the Airfield, and one in Gresford, opposite the entrance gates of Gresford Colliery. These were used by the 322nd Field Artillery...
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Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Gwili 22 September - At Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, 265 miners are killed in a mining accident. Later in the...
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Season Division One Division Two Division Three 1954–55 Welshpool Gresford Colliery Bradley Rangers Reserves 1955–56 Buckley Wanderers Holt Nomads Tanyfron...
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scoops when he was able to smuggle himself into the lamp room of Gresford Colliery following the disaster there in 1934. By counting the number of missing...
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causes of and circumstances attending the explosion which occurred at Gresford Colliery, Denbigh on 22nd September, 1934, retrieved 21 September 2018 – via...
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Daily Post. Retrieved 24 March 2019. Hickie, Clare (22 September 2014). "Gresford mining disaster, September 1934". Daily Post. Retrieved 21 March 2019....
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