Author: Aber Valley Heritage
Last man in the Universal Colliery
Heritage was recently contacted by a gentleman who explained that he was the last man in the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd. Intrigued by this message we immediately contacted him – it ... Read More
Memorial Service
A memorial service for the miners that lost their lives in Universal Colliery disasters of 1901 and 1913 will take place on Monday 14th October 2019. It will take place at the National Mining Memorial... Read More
Tracing their Family Roots
We were recently visited by the family of John Jones aged 30 who came originally from Shropshire, and was killed in the 1901 explosion at the Universal Colliery. John, his wife Alice and their three c... Read More
Finding your past
We have very many visitors to the Heritage Museum and Garden from all over the British Isle as well as overseas. Some just to find out about our history and to pay their respects to our past and there... Read More
Road closure planned for Thursday, this coming Thursday, June 27th
CCBC tells us that it will be between 9:30am and 3:30pm. One section of the closure is starting from the junction with the mountain road (Tram Road) above Universal Villas. The other section is starti... Read More
New Windsor Colliery Memorial, Abertridwr, Caerphilly Final Appeal
If there is any family member with a connection to those men who were killed during the working life of the Windsor Colliery OR those who wish to commemorate men or even themselves if they also worked... Read More
Summer’s here!
British Summer Time starts on Sunday 31st March 2019. This means the Welsh National & Universal Memorial Garden located in Commercial Street, Senghenydd CF83 4GY will now be open 9:00am – 5:45pm... Read More
Your Valley needs you!
Volunteers are urgently needed to help out at with the running and maintenance: Community Centre, Gwern Avenue,Senghenydd CF83 4HA The Welsh National and Universal Mining Memorial, Commercial Street, ... Read More