Windsor Colliery Memorial - (ST 119.900) 
You will find this Memorial on the border between the villages of Abertridwr and Senghenydd, situated behind the Windsor Hotel on the road to the new housing estate. It was erected on the old roadway leading to the site of the Windsor Colliery in September 2006 in memory of the 154 miners who were killed during its working life. (1898 to 1986) Built ofpolished pre cast concrete and carved with images of mining it l l ists the names of those killed during the working life of the colliery.
Heritage Room, Community Centre. Gwern Avenue, Senghenydd - (ST 115.907)
At the War Memorial cross roads situated on Senghenydd “Square” turn left into Gwern Avenue and the Centre is on the left hand side.
In the early years of the last century, the village of Senghenydd was struck twice by tragedy. On 24 May 1901 and again on 14 October 1913 devastating explosions ripped through the pit at the Universal Colliery, killing a total of 520 men. The explosions left behind 205 widows and 542 children without fathers. The 1913 explosion still remains the biggest mining disaster in British & European History.
In the Heritage Room at the Centre a small exhibition displays photographs from those dark days, whilst artefacts from the Colliery conjure up images of those desperate times. The centrepiece of the exhibition is the Book of Remembrance, which records the names and details of all those who perished.Presently viewing is by appointment only: Please ring 0292 0830 444 or 0292 0866 357.
Senghenydd War Memorial - (ST 116.907)
Return to the centre of Senghenydd to the War memorial. This was erected in 1926 From the total of 63 men from Senghenydd who were killed in the Great War, the War to end all Wars! many were miners from the Universal Colliery. A further 24 men gave their lives in the World War 2. Many of the families of these brave men still live in the Valley.
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