Memorial Statue
The deaths of 45 men killed 50 years ago in a colliery explosion have been remembered with a service at the site.
A gas explosion ripped through the Six Bells colliery near Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent at 10.45am on 28 June 1960.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, led a service of remembrance at the site.
He also unveiled a memorial to the tragedy, a 20m high sculpture of a miner by Sebastian Boyesen.
Interesting Links
The Vale of Sorrow (ITV Wales, Thursday 24th June 2010)
BBC Report on the memorial service
Roy Jenkins remembers the Six Bells Colliery disaster
Celebration Service from St. John's Church, Six Bells (Broadcast 27th June 2010)
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