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Mynychodd Blwyddyn 6 gwasnaeth Dydd y Cofio i dalu teyrnged i’r rhai â chollwyd yn y ddwy rhyfel 🌺 Year 6 attended a Remembeance day service in the community today to pay their respects to all who had sacrificed so much for us. @AberValleyHG @WG_Education

Blwyddyn 6: Mynychon ni wasanaeth coffa Tanchwa Senghennydd i dalu teyrnged i’r glöwyr bu farw ym 1913. We represented the school in the community service to remember the miners of the 1913 disaster @AberValleyHG @EAS_Humanities

THE SENGHENYDD MINING DISASTER occurred at the Universal Colliery on 14 October 1913. The explosion, which killed 439 miners and a rescuer, is our worst mining accident. @AberValleyHG held a memorial service this morning at the National Mining Disaster Memorial Garden.

Nat Phillips from Cardiff City’s 1st Team Squad visited the National Mining Disaster Memorial Garden of Wales. This featured both inside & on the front cover of last Friday’s Cardiff City Programme for their match against Sunderland AFC. Thank you Nat & @CardiffCityFC

Last October @MarkDrakeford saw the people of Senghenydd standing silently in the rain. He ensured that the Senghenydd Mining Memorial was registered as an historic garden, as one of his last acts as First Minister. It was recognised today in the @CardiffCityFC match programme.

The mining memorial garden in #Senghenydd has been formally made the National Mining Disaster Memorial for Wales caerphilly.observer/news/1036577/s…

Gill Jones, Secretary & Roy Noble, Patron of Aber Valley Heritage Group with Alun Thomas from BBC Wales, the day the National Mining Disaster Memorial Garden of Wales became recognised by the Welsh Government & added to the Statutory Register of Historic Parks & Gardens for Wales

We are so very proud that our wonderful Garden of Remembrance @AberValleyHG has now become the @cadwwales ‘National Mining Disaster Memorial Garden of Wales’ and has been added to the statutory register of historic parks and gardens in Wales. gov.wales/site-dedicated…

We are so proud that our beloved memorial garden is now officially recognised as the National Mining Disaster Memorial Garden of Wales. Full story here: abervalleyheritage.co.uk/site-dedicated…

@Dawn_Bowden @hef4caerphilly @PrifWeinidog Thank you!

This is wonderful. Massive credit goes to the @AberValleyHG and massive thanks to @PrifWeinidog and @Dawn_Bowden

@hef4caerphilly @PrifWeinidog @Dawn_Bowden Thanks Hefin!

Am fraint anhygoel i’n merched bod yn rhan o ddathlu hanes Wendy Slade ⚽️ What a privilege it was for our girls to be part of a moment in history for the Wendy Slade football cap ⚽️ @sport_leisure @FAWales @UWCL @AberValleyHG @aber_valley_fc

@LearnCardiff @DrBCCurtis Dr Carl Byrne from Cardiff University plus Lee Treherne, Steve Phillips kindly supplied and worked the 2 diesel compressors to sound our original pit hooter on the day of our service.

And this beautiful piece from @ITVWales

Published today, here's a short piece I wrote to commemorate the anniversary of the 1913 #Senghenydd Disaster: theconversation.com/senghenydd-col… #MiningHistory #WelshHistory

"We will never forget. We never have and we never will." The community of #senghenydd came together to remember the biggest mining disaster in British history - 110 years on. #Mining #caerphilly

Again, an honour to perform for our choir at the #SenghenyddMemorialService @AberValleyHG @NantYParcSchool @NYPhead_MrsD @MissNelsonNYP @PrifWeinidog @CaerphillyCBC @hef4caerphilly