Annual Service of Remembrance For The Gresford Mining Disaster
This article is old - Published: Monday, Sep 19th, 2016
The annual Service of Remembrance for those who lost their lives in the Gresford Mining Disaster will take place this week.
In September 1934, 265 miners lost their lives due to a massive explosion in the Dennis section of Gresford Colliery. Even today, 253 of these men remain entombed.
Families from every village in Wrexham lost a loved one.
This year’s remembrance service will take place at the Gresford Colliery Disaster Memorial, Bluebell Lane, Pandy on Thursday 22 September at 11.00am.
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