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Wanted: Information on Welsh coal mines after 1947

Big Pit: National Coal Museum is planning to produce an illustrated booklet telling the story of workers from abroad who came to work in Welsh coal mines after the Second World War. We would like to interview former miners who were born in Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Italy or the former Yugoslavia.

If you would like to share your story or have any relevant information or photographs which could be included in the booklet, please contact Ceri Thompson, Curator, Big Pit: National Coal Museum on tel: 01495 790311 or email: ceri.thompson@museumwales.ac.uk.