Work begins on Point of Ayr Colliery memorial
Work has begun on a memorial to miners who worked at Point of Ayr Colliery, the last deep mine in North Wales.
100 people, including former miners, attended a ceremony at the site in Flintshire today.
Archive: Point of Ayr Colliery's winding tower blown up
Point of Ayr Colliery, near Prestatyn, closed in 1996 after more than 100 years of mining.
Its workforce of around 200 men looked into the feasibility of buying out the pit, but the plans failed to come to fruition.
In July 1997, the colliery's landmark concrete winding tower was demolished by explosives.
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