WELCOME TO:
The Darran Valley History Group Site
(NB:
THIS
SITE
IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT)
On 28th February the History
Group presented a cheque for
£300 to the Hush (E.coli) charity. The money was
raised
from sales of a DVD produced by the History Group
(See below for details).
Sharon
Mills
of
Hush receives a cheque from History Group members
If you are interested in local history and would
like to make a contribution please contact us and/or come along to one
of our regular monthly meetings.
Next Meeting: To be
confirmed early in the New Year
WATCH
THIS
SPACE
For details of meetings and
other events in 2011
The Darran
Valley History Group was
established to create and maintain a record of the history of the
Darran Valley area centered around Deri.
A major project completed in 2009 was the 100 year commemoration of a
disaster at the Darran Pit in Deri when 27 men lost their lives.
Details can be found in the Mining section of this site.
We are currently working on a project to record the transformation of
the Ogilvie colliery site to the current Parc Cwm Darran leisure
facility.
We are also assisting Parc Cwm Darran management in collating
information on the recently renovated bridge at the north end of Deri.
Please contact us if you have any relevent information or photographs
relating to the above.
A DVD on
the Darran Pit Disaster Commemoration is now available. It
includes review of the disaster, images and video of the commemoration
events, background music by the Rhymney Silurian Choir and features the
schoolchildren and the people of Deri.
The DVD is on sale for £5 and
copies are available at Deri Library. Alternatively, contact our
Secretary (See Contact Us) until we have set up on line sales.
A more recent tragedy struck Deri in 2005 when Mason Jones lost his
life as a result of an E.coli outbreak. Profits from DVD sales
are being donated to the HUSH (E.coli) charity.
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