Gresford

In retirement he wrote two scholarly books, Gresford: The Anatomy of a Disaster (1997), an account of the pit explosion that killed 266 colliers in north Wales in 1934, and The Vaccination Controversy: The Rise and Fall of Compulsory Vaccination (2007).

Stanley Williamson obituary Chris Hall 2010

John, 45, formerly of Gresford but now living in Whittington, near Oswestry, found the coins on a farm in the region to the south of Wrexham, and they are now being cleaned and catalogued by an expert at the British Museum in London.

Treasure Trove! Jan 2008

John, 45, formerly of Gresford but now living in Whittington, near Oswestry, found the coins on a farm in the region to the south of Wrexham, and they are now being cleaned and catalogued by an expert at the British Museum in London.

Archive 2008-07-01 Jan 2008

Note: the Gresford disaster occurred on Friday, Sept. 22 1934.

The Gresford Disaster 1934

Dame Gresford continued to be Grisell's protector, and let the girl sit and spin or embroider beside her, while the other ladies of the house played at ball in the court, or watched the exercises of the pages and squires.

Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

It was in one of these, at Dunstable, that Dame Gresford had taken

Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

It is impossible to imagine the grief that would be experienced by the family of the miner killed at Kellingley and in a small village community like Gresford or Gleision.

The Guardian World News Ken Capstick 2011

Indeed, it was in north Wales, at Gresford collery in 1934, that 266 miners lost their lives when an explosion ripped through the mine, a disaster that gave birth to the Miners' hymn

The Guardian World News Ken Capstick 2011

Turner, who lives in a caravan site at Old Wrexham Road in Gresford, North Wales, was sent on a domestic violence course under a 52 week suspended prison sentence.

WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012

Gresford, which can often be heard played by miners' brass bands and to this day it is listened to upstanding and in silence at miners' events.

The Guardian World News Ken Capstick 2011