Unity Mine, Cwmgwrach (3) - 27 August 2015

More than most, I am a pragmatist, accepting the realities of the modern world for what they are but never, I hope, underestimating the human impact of such things as the painful death of the UK mining industry. I was at Cwmgwrach to view the present day end of the once more extensive Vale of Neath line. The tracks in the second three of six photographs from today are visited by only occasional trains as the Unity Mine has, sadly, been in administration for nearly two years.

Simply to be there and to have a conversation with someone very engaging and with a long memory, brought home very hard the reality of lives changed forever in South Wales. It was a sobering and educational experience.

Photograph taken with permission.

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