Poetry at Ebbw Vale Works Museum

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…

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Ginger Parsons

A 103rd birthday party has been thrown for Ginger Parson, 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…