New Exhibition At Rhondda Heritage Park
A new exhibition called ‘From Pithead To Sickbed and Beyond’ is just one of the summer attractions at Rhondda Heritage Park.
The ‘Pithead to Sickbed’ exhibition runs at Rhondda Heritage Park until August 30.
Other attractions at Rhondda Heritage Park include the Energy Zone childrens’ outdoor play area along with the Underground Tour Experience, with real-life miners and much more.
Original features at Rhondda Heritage Park include the Pithead Gear, Trefor Winding House, the Colliery Courtyard and the Bertie Winding House.
Cllr Joy Rosser, Cabinet Member for Prosperity, Wellbeing and Communities, said: “This is a fascinating and thought-provoking exhibition which adds further quality to any visit to Rhondda Heritage Park this summer.
“With something for all the family, Rhondda Heritage Park is a great place to visit during the school holidays.
“Relive our coal-mining past while at the same time making new memories as you follow in the footsteps of the miners who once worked at the former colliery site.
“During 2016, the Year of Adventure, add Rhondda Heritage Park to your list of destinations to visit – it really is a Mine of Adventure.”
The FREE ‘From Pithead to Sick Bed and Beyond’ exhibition examines disability in the South Wales coal industry from 1780 to 1948 – a time of great change not only for Wales, but for the whole of the UK.
Since the 1700s industrialisation in Britain had transformed both its society and economy. By 1948, working men and women had won the right to the vote, Britain had emerged victorious from two world wars, and the National Health Service had been established.
Disabled people, including those who lived in the South Wales Coalfield area, were also affected by such changes, yet history books rarely talk about their lives during the period.
Drawing on new historical research, the latest exhibition, ‘From Pithead to Sick Bed and Beyond’ tackles such questions as how were disabled people in coalmining communities treated and viewed at this time? What were their lives like? And what does the history of disability in the South Wales Coalfield teach us?
The FREE ‘From Pithead to Sick Bed and Beyond’ exhibition runs at Rhondda Heritage Park until Saturday, August 30.
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