Image 37233 & 37269, The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe Blaenavon (1Z46), Blaenavon Colliery
37233 & 37269, The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe Blaenavon (1Z46), Blaenavon Colliery
37233 & 37269, The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe Blaenavon (1Z46), Blaenavon Colliery This picture is taken deep in the colliery complex at Blaenavon. 37233 and 37269 have run round the stock and will soon be leaving to head gingerly back down the valley to Newport. Like most of South Wales' coal mines, Blaenavon mine was in decline with only two years left of limited production; closure came in February 1980 (Thanks to Thatcher and her stooge Ian McGregor). However, Blaenavon mine lives on as the superb Big Pit National Coal Museum that, when it opened in 1983, re-employed a number of the redundant mineworkers. The site is also home to the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway. A truly impressive example of a place that seeks to preserves a hugely important part of our world-leading industrial heritage. Keywords: 37233 37269 The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe Blaenavon 1Z46 Blaenavon Colliery
37233 & 37269, The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe Blaenavon (1Z46), Blaenavon Colliery This picture is taken deep in the colliery complex at Blaenavon. 37233 and 37269 have run round the stock and will soon be leaving to head gingerly back down the valley to Newport. Like most of South Wales' coal mines, Blaenavon mine was in decline with only two years left of limited production; closure came in February 1980 (Thanks to Thatcher and her stooge Ian McGregor). However, Blaenavon mine lives on as the superb Big Pit National Coal Museum that, when it opened in 1983, re-employed a number of the redundant mineworkers. The site is also home to the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway. A truly impressive example of a place that seeks to preserves a hugely important part of our world-leading industrial heritage. Keywords: 37233 37269 The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe Blaenavon 1Z46 Blaenavon Colliery


This picture is taken deep in the colliery complex at

Blaenavon. 37233 and 37269 have run round the stock and will soon be leaving to head gingerly back down the valley to Newport. Like most of South Wales' coal mines, Blaenavon mine was in decline with only two years left of limited production; closure came in February 1980 (Thanks to Thatcher and her stooge Ian McGregor). However, Blaenavon mine lives on as the superb Big Pit National Coal Museum that, when it opened in 1983, re-employed a number of the redundant mineworkers. The site is also home to the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway. A truly impressive example of a place that seeks to preserves a hugely important part of our world-leading industrial heritage.