Seams [sic] like a nice place to get married ... by Dean Powell.
Western Mail January 31, 2000 p 1 photo. Christina Golledge and Mark
Lee are getting married underground in the Big Pit Museum, Blaenavon. A
colliery hooter will replace the chimes of the church bells, the
reception will be held in the colliery canteen.
Big wheel will stop turning, Anon. Western Mail February 1, 2000 p 6,
photo. The 15.4m [ie 50 foot] water wheel at the Welsh Slate Museum,
built by the De Winton Company of Caernarfon in 1870 will be non-stop
for a few weeks for essential repairs to be carried out.
Trio of library exhibitions, Anon. The Tivy-Side, February 2, 2000.
The National Library of Wales [Aberystwyth] celebrates the new
Millennium with three new exhibitions, one of which is: Black Wounds, an
exhibition of paintings and drawings by Alun Evans recording the
landscaping of Bargoed Colliery Tip. The exhibition runs to February
26.
Multi-million aid for Big Pit, Anon Western Mail 3 Feb 2000 p 2. A
lottery grant will transfer the Big Pit [show mine] into a grand
National Mining Museum of Wales.
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