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  • a view of A South Wales Valley Town After Coal Arrived 1900@, Th image shows a colliery and some new rail tracks where once there were sheep grazing
    Coal Mining In The Valleys Of South Wales

    When the Coal Came: Imagining Life in South Wales as the Pits First Opened

    3 June 2025 - By Pete

    When the Coal Came: Imagining Life in South Wales as the Pits First Opened Imagine it: the early 1800s, a…

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  • A lane leading up to a South Wales house with a short winding road leading to the farmhouse
    Coal Mining In The Valleys Of South Wales

    Before The Coal Came

    30 May 2025 - By Pete

    Before the Coal CameLife in the South Wales ValleysBefore and After the Mines When people think of the South Wales…

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  • An old photo of two children and there bikes at the top of a hill overlooking a colliery
    Coal Mining In The Valleys Of South Wales

    Hello and Croeso – Welcome to Cardiff & Valleys Guide

    29 May 2025 - By Pete

    Welcome to Cardiff & Valleys Guide! Hello and Croeso – welcome to Cardiff & Valleys Guide! We’re thrilled to have…

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Cardiff & the Valleys Guide: Explore the Present, Honour the Past
South Wales has a story worth telling. From the grit of the Victorian coalfields to the end of an era in the 1980s, our region powered the world—and paid the price. Cardiff & the Valleys Guide brings those stories to life, one place at a time.

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