2011
ST0291 : Cymmer colliery memorial, Porth
taken 13 years ago, near to Cymmer, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Cymmer colliery memorial, Porth
A colliery coal truck is mounted on a brick plinth at the western edge of the car park at Morrisons supermarket in Porth. The inscription on the plinth records
CYMMER COLLIERY
IN MEMORY OF THE 114 MINERS WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES ON THIS SITE ON 15TH JULY 1856.
AND TO THOSE MANY OTHERS WHO SIMILARLY
PERISHED IN THE RHONDDA COALFIELD.
The memorial was dedicated by the Rt. Hon. Viscount Tonypandy on November 6th 1988.
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