Words at the Works Museum Poetry Evening and Special Opening at Ebbw Vale Works Museum Ebbw Vale Works Museum was involved in something very different recently, when it supported an initiative to celebrate World Poetry Day! This initiative, culminating in ‘Words at the Works Museum’ was supported by Transport for Wales, Blaenau Gwent Council and…
Blaenau Gwent and its surrounding area was at the forefront of the industrial revolution in the 19th century. It is a county rich with historic buildings, ancient monuments and important heritage sites, set within a very attractive landscape. Welsh Kingdom: Gwent was the Welsh kingdom founded by Caradoc Freichfras in South Wales. It stretched from…
Will I need to pay a membership fee? We do not charge a membership fee. If you are interested in local history and would like be involved, then just come along to one of our meetings or talks, and you will be made to feel very welcome. Where do you meet? We meet in one…
A 103rd birthday party has been thrown for a man believed to be one of the oldest retired miners in the UK. Ron ‘Ginger’ Parsons, from Cwm, near Ebbw Vale, started in the pit just before his 14th birthday and spent 50 years working at the coal face. Former colleagues, family and friends joined Ginger…
