Heritage News

Issue 27 - Winter 2018

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• Well done Kieran!
• Bethlehem Chapel Update
• Coming Events

Issue 26 - Summer 2018

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• Dawns ar y Mynydd – Dance on the Mountain 21 July 2018
• Mischief Makers, the Summer Reading Challenge 2018!
• Coming Events

Issue 25 - Winter 2017

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• Blaenavon Heritage VC Primary School Community Engagement Day
• ‘What’s On’ at The Workmen’s Hall?
• Coming Events

Issue 24 - Summer 2017

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• New Management Plan for Blaenavon World Heritage Site
• Bethlehem Chapel News
• Coming Events

Issue 23 - Winter 2016

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• Bethlehem Chapel Update
• Community Unites to Save Historic Mansion
• Coming Events

Issue 22 - Summer 2016

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• Big Pit National Coal Museum
• Volunteers sought to clean up Blaenavon’s historical cemeteries
• Coming events

Issue 21 - Winter 2015

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• Ironmaster’s descendant visits Blaenavon
• Blaenavon digital cinema installation
• Coming events

Issue 20 - Summer 2015

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• Clean up Blaenavon
• Blaenavon Museum prepares to move
• Summer Sundays

Issue 19 - Winter 2014

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• Baroness addresses Blaenavon Partnership
• Museum Reveals Blaenavon’s War Stories
• Big Pit National Coal Museum

Issue 18 - Summer 2014

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• Remembering Alexander Cordell
• Railway news
• Blaenavon’s war stories

Issue 17 - Winter 2013

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• Exploring Blaenavon’s Medical History
• Christmas at the Ironworks
• Countryfile at Blaenavon

Issue 16 - Summer 2013

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• Happy Birthday Big Pit!
• Forging a Digital Future from an Industrial Past
• Iron Bridge Restored

Issue 15 - Winter 2012

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• A Guide to Blaenavon Ironworks
• Get your Walking Boots Out!
• Councillor Neil Lewis MBE (1945 - 2012)

Issue 14 - Summer 2012

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• World Heritage Festival 2012
• Volunteer Rangers clock 3000 hours!
• Saltaire World Heritage Weekend 

Issue 13 - Winter 2011

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• Historic Bridge to be Saved
• Exploring Blaenavon's Digital Past
• A Fresh! Beginning

Issue 12 - Summer 2011

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• Blaenavon Looks to the Future
• Forgotten Landscapes: Meet the Team
• Volunteers to the Rescue!

Issue 11 - Winter 2010

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• Blaenavon Celebrates Ten Years of WHS Status
• Forgotten Landscapes: Work Has Begun
• Cast Iron Pit Ponies

Issue 10 - Summer 2010

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• Garn Lakes Country Fayre
• Weathering the Storm
• Forgotten No More!

Issue 9 - Winter 2009

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• Looking back at 2009
• The Tide Turns
• Conserving our Heritage

Issue 8 - Summer 2009

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• Garn Lakes Country Fayre 
• Busy year for Big Pit
• Successful Anniversary for Heritage Centre

Issue 7 – Winter 2008

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• £1.6m HLF grant for Forgotten Landscapes 
• World Heritage Centre opens 
• 25th Anniversary of Big Pit & Heritage Railway

Issue 6 – Winter 2007

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• One-way system in Broad Street 
• Volunteer rangers 
• Belgrade hears about Blaenavon

Issue 5 – Summer 2007

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• Landmark TV series comes to Blaenavon 
• Launch of the Coity Tip Trail 
• Poles and European workers in Welsh mines

Issue 4 – Winter 2006 

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• Blaenavon wins top design award 
• The Ogof Draenen cave system beneath Blaenavon 
• Cheese Shop to open in Blaenavon

Issue 3 – June 2006 

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• UK’s first World Heritage Centre planned 
• Gulbenkian Prize for Big Pit 
• Refurbishment of workers’ cottages at Stack Square

Issue 2 – January 2006

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• £1.7m improvement for Blaenavon’s car parks 
• Property improvement grants 
• Christmas in Blaenavon

Issue 1 – May 2005

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• Bicentenary of St. Peter’s Church 
• Blaenavon Booktown Festival 
• Future Blaenavon