This section shows the photographs I have in my collection of collieries not located the Bridgend Valleys. Some of these photos are now on display at the South Wales Miners’ Museum. Some of the collieries mentioned here are:
Big Pit Colliery – sunk in 1860 and closed in 1980
Bryn Navigation – sunk in 1890s and closed in 1964
Glamorgan Colliery – sunk in 1861 and closed in 1930s
Lady Windsor – sunk in 1886 and closed in 1988
Taff Merthyr – sunk in 1925 and closed in 1992
Tower Colliery – sunk in 1864 and still working
Gilfach Colliery 1908
There’s only one sheave wheel on the head frame on the right.
Talwyn Colliery, Tonypandy c.1910
I have been advised that this pit was actually named Nant gwyn Pit.
Near Neath
They had a flat winding rope in those days.
Tonphillip Colliery at the turn of the 20th Century.
Glamorgan Colliery, Llwynypia A disaster occurred at this colliery in 1932 which killed eleven men.
Cribwr Colliery near Pyle
Glamorgan Colliery, Tonypandy
Aberbaiden Colliery near Forddygwfraith
Unknown Colliery in the Swansea Valley
Unknown Colliery
You can see the power station on the left, the cooling tower was made of wood
Entrance to an unknown level (drift mine) near Tondu
Coytrahen Colliery c.1920
My wife’s uncle was fatally injured here, he was only 18. His mother got £50 compensation. His funeral cost £11
Big Pit Colliery, Blaenafon c.1920
Big Pit Colliery is now a tourist attraction and part of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site.
Bryn Colliery, Port Talbot
It was sunk in 1890s and closed in 1964
Bryn Colliery, Port Talbot
It was closed in 1964. The canteen is still standing. There is also a pipe which is still drawing out the methane gas after all these years.
Pit Head Gear being constructed at Cynon Colliery, Cynonville, c. 1908
Taff Merthyr Colliery 1991
Was sunk in 1925 and closed in 1992
Taff Merthyr Colliery 1991
The offices were bought by a man after closure and turned into a bungalow
Taff Merthyr Colliery 1991
When it was closed both the head frames were demolished using explosives.
It was the last colliery to be sunk in South Wales (1925)
Taff Merthyr Colliery 1991.
This was the day they had the mobile winder to withdraw the guy ropes from the pit
Taff Merthyr Colliery 1991
Taff Merthyr Colliery 1991
Taff Merthyr Colliery 1991
The return at Tower Colliery.
When the National Coal Board decided to close this pit the miners decided to run it themselves and bought it. It is now a profitable concern and is the only deep pit in South Wales. [It finally closed in 2008]
