Mining Heritage Remembered by ajisaac

Mining Heritage Remembered

This is an excerpt from a wonderful mural undertaken by Jenks-Art in the village of Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire; between Carmarthen & Swansea, Wales.

The village played an important role in the local coal industry, helping to house the many anthracite miners working in the nearby mines such as in Tumble. Norton & Co opened the Cross Hands Colliery in 1869. There were 859 employees at its peak in 1923.

By 1962 the village's collieries had closed.
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