Wales Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/wales/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 03 May 2024 14:15:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 National Slate Museum hopes to become a world-class visitor attraction https://mechtraveller.com/2024/05/national-slate-museum-hopes-to-become-a-world-class-visitor-attraction/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/05/national-slate-museum-hopes-to-become-a-world-class-visitor-attraction/#respond Sat, 04 May 2024 07:33:05 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=9992 Welsh Culture Secretary Lesley Griffiths visited the National Slate Museum in Llanberis this week to see how redevelopment work is progressing. Welsh Government funding of more than £1m has already helped progress the redevelopment, including maximising museum space for collections and activities and ensuring there is appropriate office space for employees. The Museum has also […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2024/05/national-slate-museum-hopes-to-become-a-world-class-visitor-attraction/feed/ 0 Mining disaster memorial garden in Wales given national memorial status https://mechtraveller.com/2024/03/mining-disaster-memorial-garden-in-wales-given-national-memorial-status/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/03/mining-disaster-memorial-garden-in-wales-given-national-memorial-status/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:03:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=9841 A memorial garden in Senghenydd, which commemorates those who died in the worst disaster in the history of British mining, has been given the “recognition it deserves” and formally acknowledged by the Welsh Government as the National Mining Disaster Memorial Garden of Wales. The garden was officially opened in 2013 on the 100th anniversary of […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2024/03/mining-disaster-memorial-garden-in-wales-given-national-memorial-status/feed/ 0 Review: Big Pit National Coal Museum https://mechtraveller.com/2016/04/review-big-pit-national-coal-museum/ https://mechtraveller.com/2016/04/review-big-pit-national-coal-museum/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:34:44 +0000 http://mechtraveller.com/?p=1411 Five minutes into our day long ‘Mountains and Mines’ trip*, Paul Harris delivered the bad news – we wouldn’t be able to go down the coal mine today. Dang! It was to have been the highlight (well, lowlight technically) of the trip. I’d tried once before. A long time ago. So long ago I can’t […]

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