The Big Pit museum is a 140-year-old former coal mine in Blaenavon, in south Wales and part of Museum Wales, a government-backed body which is bound to follow a Labour directive to set “the ...

it was the beginning of the end for coal mining in the village. The town walked in lockstep with the miners, accompanied by a brass band, but within five years the pit was gone for good - and Dawn ...

"More importantly, I wouldn't even have existed (without coal)," said Ceri Thompson from National Museum Wales. With most mines closing 30 ... at cleaning coal at a pit in Bargoed in the Rhymney ...

Winding gear can be seen at the Big Pit in Wales, and at the National Coal Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery, West Yorkshire.

A number of high-risk tips in the old south Wales coalfield are being examined ... Engineers have also been looking to make land safe near Big Pit National Coal Museum in Blaenavon following ...

Climate change minister Julie James told the Senedd on Tuesday, November 14: "They are higher risk, as in if something happened, it would have a big ... of mining in Wales and ensure coal tip ...