A joyful photograph of miners singing Christmas carols underground at Bersham Colliery, Rhostyllen, Wrexham in 1950.

Take a stroll down memory lane and browse this collection of items reflecting past Christmases in Wales ⬇️
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Northern art: "Pit Road, Winter" c1995...Painting by (British,1919-2014)..Born in

Depiction of two miners on the road Cornish himself walked, almost every day for 30 years, to in

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The built heritage of 's industrial colliery site casts incredible which were captured beautifully by during her residency & exhibition in 2012.

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Lot 208 - VALERIE GANZ watercolour - entitled verso `Miners in the Bond, Cynheidre

🔨🔥 £1400 + BP

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Nos. 17, 18 & 19: a load of pieces for Harworth Colliery FC.

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that on 9August 1881 at Earnock Colliery, Burnbank the first use of electric lighting underground took place. 708 ft below surface 21 incandescent lamps by Joseph Swan in metal cages were switched on. The generator also powered lights in nearby Earnock House.

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Northern art: "Pigeon Crees" 1953...Oil on canvas by (British,1926-2006)..Born in

conscripted into Fishburn Colliery as a in 1944..

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Celynen North Colliery, near Newbridge - I probably took these photos around the same time as the ones of Celynen South. There was something imposing about these mines. The winding houses remind me of temples or churches.

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Hapton Valley Colliery I Roger Hampson (1925–1996) Salford Museum & Art Gallery

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Account of a terrible explosion at Houghton Colliery, 1850.

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Belthorne Blackburn old colliery oil on board

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Northern art: "Early Morning Shift"..Oil by [1926-2006] conscripted into Fishburn Colliery, as a 1944

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"End of Shift Tower Colliery"..Painting by [1936-2015] Born in and known for her paintings of South Wales

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1812 tragedy struck our region as over 90 men and boys lost their lives at Felling Colliery

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This image shows members of the Cashiers Department at Colliery, c.1910 - can anyone put any names to faces?

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Northern art: "Bedford Colliery, by visual artist [1925-1996] Born Motivated by working class life

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Northern art: "Back Shift"..Painting by [1926-2006] conscripted to Fishburn Colliery in 1944..#BevinBoy.

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26 men & boys died at Houghton Colliery 1850 - heroic rescue work saved over 100 more

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