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 ...
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 ...