South Griffin Colliery

The South Griffin Colliery No2 and No3 Pits. The First Pit No2 South Griffin Colliery. In the early 1880’s the first pit was sunk at the South Griffin Colliery. On Friday 16th of November 1883, the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser printed the following report from the directors of the Nantyglo and Blaina Ironworks Company Limited – Messrs John …

South Griffin Colliery – List of Fatalities. This list of deaths at the South Griffin Colliery, Blaina, covers most of those reported in National and Local Newspapers. This page is fluid and will be updated as more information is received. 1885. Mr John Griffiths. Died – December 1885. Death caused by a fall of roof. Mr Griffiths lived in Brynmawr. …

The Feature Film “Things to Come” – Friday 24th of May 1935. Blaina’s Bloodless Revolution. The Film. The film “Things to Come” – Whither Mankind was being adapted for the screen under the personal supervision of Mr H. G. Wells, the film itself was based on his story “The Shape of Things to Come”. The producer was Mr Alexander Korda, …

Mr John. P. Swinburne M.E. Mr John Swinburne M.E. was the chief mechanical engineer for the Messrs J. Lancaster Co at Blaina. Born in 1837 at Durham, England, In about 1867 Mr John Swinburne married Isabella from Easington, County Durham. Their children were – Miss Mary Swinburne, born in 1867 at Durham. Miss Elizabeth Swinburne, born 1872 at Yorkshire and …