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Cynheidre Colliery was a coal mine
located in the
Gwendraeth valley, in Carmarthenshire,
South Wales.
Opened in 1954, it
closed in 1989.
Cynheidre was...
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decline of coal
mining in the area
seemed to be
reversed when the huge new
Cynheidre Pit was
established in the 1960s, but the
railway capacity enhancements...
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Llanelli and
Mynydd Mawr Railway, for
static use as a
community cafe, at
Cynheidre. Two
class 153s have been
bought by
Great Central Railway,
primarily for...
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intended to
emulate a high-quality
anthracite coal, such as that from the
Cynheidre measures. This
involved blending a
mixture of
coals from
different grades...
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Railway Llanelly Railway & Dock
Company (GWR)
Llanelly Docks to
Swansea via
Cynheidre, Tumble,
Cross Hands,
Ammanford and
Pantyffynnon 1989 (to all traffic)...
- for coal
distribution from the
Gwendraeth valley,
until the
closure of
Cynheidre Colliery in 1989. The
Llanelli and
District Railway Society (L&DRS) ran...
- (closed 1985);
linked underground to Cwm
Colliery Beddau (closed 1986)
Cynheidre Colliery (closed 1989)
Darran Colliery, Deri sunk 1868,
closed 1919. Deep...
- were
developed into the 1960s by the
National Coal
Board (for instance,
Cynheidre Colliery No 1 shaft, at 798
yards (730 m) deep was sunk in 1954/6). Following...
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Welsh towns of Llanelli,
Llandeilo and Ammanford.
Williams lived in
Cynheidre and was a
police officer for 18 years,
working from Llanelli. He retired...
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Llangennech Hendy Cwmbach Trimsaran Bryn Pen-y-graig
Cwmcarnhywel Five
Roads Cynheidre ****b
Llanelli Waterside, a
joint venture between Carmarthenshire County...
