Gresford and the miners Hymn
I recently listened to the following BBC radio4 programme in the Soul Music series and thought it was worth a quickly created local history/music crossover page making maximum use of links to web material.
This is a link to the half hour long program
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01blj2b/Soul_Music_Series_13_Gresford_the_Miners_Hymn/
Gresford
Is an old coal mining village near Wrexham on the welsh borders this is a link to tell you about the village today
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresford what others have posted about the village
The Gresford Mining Disaster
This was a terrible gas explosion that killed many miners in the 1930s and inspired the writing of a hymn specially dedicated to miners and has been used at the Durham Miners Gala and played by brass bands for many years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwGbnq_uMQ4&feature=related
A You tube presentation showing contemporary pictures and news material but the tune is not the real miners hymn
There are several modern folk songs on the subject
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJhmuUnsXWI&feature=related Ewan MacColl taking a traditional approach
The Albion Band - Gresford Disaster for a rather different take on the subject note they are the same words!
Gresford the miners Hymn
"Gresford" the Miners' Hymn, Craghead Colliery Band
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