Gresford mining disaster: Wrexham tributes confirmed - BBC
WEB2 days ago · Phil Parkinson has shown his Wrexham players a video related to the Gresford mining disaster ahead of his side's clash with Crawley Town. The Red Dragons' League One fixture on Saturday (15:00 BST ...
Wrexham: Son of Gresford disaster victim shares memories
WEB1 day ago · At 2.08am, a violent explosion tore through the Dennis Section of the Gresford Colliery mine, leaving an underground fire. Over 200 rescue workers were sent down to rescue the miners, with three ...
Wrexham mark 90th anniversary of Gresford mining disaster
WEB1 day ago · WREXHAM AFC met Crawley Town FC this afternoon (Saturday, September 21) on a hugely significant day for the club as it commemorated the 90th anniversary of the Gresford mining disaster. A minute ...
Wrexham confirm Gresford mining disaster tributes
WEB2 days ago · Phil Parkinson has shown his Wrexham players a video related to the Gresford mining disaster ahead of his side's clash with Crawley Town. The Red Dragons' League One fixture on Saturday (15:00 BST) comes a day prior to the 90th anniversary of the mine explosion claimed the lives 266 men and …
Emily Capper and the 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster
WEBCrowds gathered by the Gresford Colliery pit following news of the explosion, 28 September 1934. Photograph from the Wrexham Star reproduced by kind permission of Margaret Jones. On 25 September, George Brown became the 265th victim of the disaster when he was hit by flying debris above ground caused by …
Gresford disaster - Wikipedia
WEBThe Gresford disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, when an explosion and underground fire killed 261 men. Gresford is one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters: a controversial inquiry into the disaster did not conclusively identify a cause, though evidence suggested …
Daughter of man ‘lucky to be alive' performs in opera to mark ...
WEBSep 11, 2024 · ITV Wales' Joanne Gallacher reports live from St Asaph. A pensioner whose father narrowly missed being caught up in the Gresford colliery disaster is to sing in a new opera commemorating the 90th ...
Wrexham: Gresford Colliery disaster opera gets world premiere - BBC News
WEB25 July 2024. Updated 26 July 2024. 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 mining disaster that defines Wrexham to this day
WEBSep 22, 2023 · The 88th anniversary of an underground explosion at Gresford Colliery that claimed 266 lives. The place? Wrexham’s Miners Rescue Station, which sits close to the Racecourse Ground and now...
Wrexham confirm Gresford mining disaster tributes - MSN
WEBCo-owner Rob McElhenney has visited the mining wheel in Gresford and the Miners Rescue Station. Both of Wrexham’s kits for the 2024-25 campaign include a pit wheel graphic and "266" on the nape ...
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