Casgliadau Arlein

Two page handwritten letter related to the flame safety lamp recovered from 1894 explosion at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd. The letter is dated 10th January 1928, and addressed to Mr J. Hawes. It is signed by D. Lloyd Davies of Maerdy, Rhondda, who apologies for the delay in sending a miner’s lamp to Mr Hawes because he was looking for one "of equal historical distinction for our friend the coroner". The letter describes the lamp, which was ready to be sent to Mr Hawes, as "one of the few that was recovered from the terrible Cilfynydd Explosion (June 1894)". The letter goes on to say "that things continue very black in this Rhondda area and will confess that the last was the blackest Christmas I’ve ever spent."