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Wales tells its National Coal Museum to find ‘historical injustices’ to teach
The Big Pit museum is a 140-year-old former coal mine in Blaenavon, in south Wales and part of Museum Wales, a government-backed body which is bound to follow a Labour directive to set “the ...
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UK town where people live to just 54 that was 'once a masterpiece loved around the world'
"I love Blaenavon," Susan told WalesOnline from her ... status in 2000 didn't deliver the anticipated boost, though Big Pit, the former mine transformed into an impressive museum, draws about ...
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‘Our little Welsh town was a masterpiece loved around the world, but so much has changed’
For 15 years Susan Fiander-Woodhouse aged her award-winning cheeses down a mine near her shop in Blaenavon. The idea to age the cheese in the historic Big Pit on the hillside above her shop came ...
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WW1 miners to be honoured in Wales art installation
A pop-up art installation to honour Welsh miners who served in World War One has been installed at Big Pit National Coal Museum at Blaenavon. The one-day exhibition launches a nationwide campaign ...