Coal was central to the war effort. It not only kept people warm but powered industry, railways and shipping. After the loss of French and Belgian coalfields to the Allied war effort, Welsh coal was ...
Coal and metal mining goes back hundreds of years ... It found that nearly 20% of Welsh homes lay within one of three highest-opportunity areas for mine water heat. It doesn't necessarily mean ...
25,000 Welsh workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved from having tens of thousands of unwanted men to a serious labour shortage.
She added that the government's Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales ... In response, the Welsh government said: "We want to ensure our coal tip communities are safe, both now and in the future ...