Fiftieth anniversary of the Six Bells mining disaster

Month’s delay for Six Bells statue arms

1:20pm Tuesday 6th July 2010

THE memorial to 45 miners killed in a colliery explosion 50 years ago will be without arms for at least another month.

Thousands gather to remember Six Bells miners

9:21am Tuesday 29th June 2010

THOUSANDS of Valleys residents gathered together yesterday to commemorate the 50 years since an explosion claimed the lives of 45 men in the Six Bells mining disaster. Ruth Mansfield reports.

• Six Bells miners memorial set for disaster anniversary
• Memorial to Six Bells disaster to be unveiled
• Six Bells remembers mining tragedy
• Miners' fight for Six Bells pit disaster memorial

Six Bells remembers mining tragedy

2:40pm Monday 28th June 2010

FIFTY years ago, a Valleys village was left in shock when a gas explosion ripped through the Six Bells colliery claiming the lives of 45 miners.

Memorial to Six Bells disaster to be unveiled

10:30am Monday 28th June 2010

50 years ago today, 45 men lost their lives in the Six Bells colliery disaster.

Six Bells pit disaster memorial set for unveiling

2:10pm Friday 25th June 2010

A MEMORIAL statue to commemorate 50 years since the Six Bells colliery disaster will be unveiled on Monday.

• Miners' fight for Six Bells pit disaster memorial
• Six Bells Colliery disaster relatives sought
• Six Bells miners memorial set for disaster anniversary
• Miners' memorial secures £100,000 funding

Miners' memorial: work set to begin

5:10pm Wednesday 17th February 2010

WORK is set to begin on a 20-metre high statute which will commemorate 45 miners killed in a pit explosion 50 years ago.

Six Bells miners memorial set for disaster anniversary

9:30am Saturday 3rd October 2009

A MEMORIAL to 45 miners killed in the Six Bells Colliery disaster will be unveiled for the 50th anniversary of the tragedy after £100,000 funding was secured.

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Miners' fight for Six Bells pit disaster memorial

8:59am Monday 13th July 2009

JIM Watkins remembers all to well the fateful day when 45 of his colleagues were killed in the Six Bells colliery disaster.

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