The history of mining in Wales goes back to the pre-history and original settlement of Britain. In this episode I am going to discuss how it started, who did the mining and why and how it changes in the enlightenment to become what we know of today and how it would create the coal mining powerhouse of south Wales.

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Celtic Impulse Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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