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Gill Jones, of Aber Valley Heritage Group, added: “We
are so very proud that our wonderful Garden of Remembrance has now become the ‘National Mining Disaster
Memorial Garden of Wales’ and has been added to the
statutory register of historic parks and gardens in Wales.
“It is through the determination and hard work of our
volunteers, who spend many hours in all-weather to
maintain it to the high standards required for such an
honour.
“It is a lasting legacy by our volunteers to the 530 men
and boys killed in the Universal Colliery disasters in 1901
and 1913, as well as the many thousands who died in
disasters throughout the Welsh coalfields, all of which are
all listed in the garden.”
Above, depicts Agnes May Webber holding her baby sister waiting
for news at the scene of the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster
Above, Path of memory
Above, Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Dawn Bowden, MS for Caerphilly, Hefin David and volunteers
from the Aber Valley Heritage Group
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