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Ffaldydre Colliery
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| Location: | Resolven 12½ miles [20 km] ENE of Swansea |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SN842021, 51° 42' 19" N, 3° 40' 34" W |
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| Owners: | Cory Brothers and Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Steam. (40,000 tons) |
| Employment: | 1923 - 403 (308 below, 95 surface) |
| 1933 - 810 (669 below, 141 surface) | |
| 1937 - 700 | |
| 1940 - 800 | |
| 1947 - 184 (126 below, 58 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Jones, John R., 02 Feb 1926, aged 55, Haulage engineman, Stooping between two trams to couple - another came behind and crushed him | ||||
| | Snook, Edward, 28 Jul 1925, aged 18, Screen helper, Fall of roof fatal injuries to head and side | ||||
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If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ffaldydre Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ffaldydre Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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