A service of remembrance marking 85 years since a mining disaster which killed 266 men has been held. The Gresford pit explosion near Wrexham on 22 September 1934 left more than 200 widows and ...
LIVING relatives of those who perished in the disaster ... of the mine. September 21, 1934 was Norris' 24th birthday; it was ...
Ninety years since a mine explosion and fires killed 266 men and boys, a new opera will be performed to commemorate the anniversary. Just six men escaped when the Gresford Colliery disaster ...