Cilybebyll, South Wales, UK. Sunday 16 September 2012. Floral tributes left near Gleision mine in Cilybebyll, near Pontardawe, south Wales. The families of the four miners killed a year ago have laid flowers at the entrance of Gleision Colliery while prayers have been said across Wales in memory of them. The Church in Wales said the miners' families would be remembered in all its churches on Sunday, a day after the first anniversary of the disaster. Charles Breslin, Philip Hill, Garry Jenkins and David Powell died when the Swansea Valley mine flooded.
Sunday 16 September 2012 Pictured: Floral tributes, a miner's spade and helmet left at the now sealed entrance of Gleision mine in Cilybebyll, near Pontardawe, south Wales. Re: The families of the four miners killed a year ago have laid flowers at the entrance of Gleision Colliery while prayers have been said across Wales in memory of them. The Church in Wales said the miners' families would be remembered in all its churches on Sunday, a day after the first anniversary of the disaster. Charles Breslin, Philip Hill, Garry Jenkins and David Powell died when the Swansea Valley mine flooded. Other low-key commemorations have been held over the weekend to mark the anniversary. THE AREA THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM WAS MARKED AS PRIVATE PROPERTY
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