The Mining Memorial will soon be completed with the installation of slate monoliths (Welsh & English) indicating the mining history of Meliden and the surrounding area. When this is done, we at Meliden Residents Action Group, would like to invite any ex miners in the area to join us at the 'unvailing' followed by a finger buffet. (5/4/06)
A mine of historical information
A VILLAGE'S mining heritage has become a gateway landmark. Meliden has a history of lead mining and at one time hundreds of miners worked in the village.
The village is also near the last deep mine pit in North Wales at Point of Ayr, and Meliden Residents' Action Group wanted to do something to acknowledge the importance of these industries. Now a pit wheel and mining carts have been set at the entrance to the village in the first phase of the group's heritage project for Meliden.
Denbighshire Countryside Warden Gary Davies and local artist and blacksmith Richard Jones, who is based at Dyserth Industrial Estate, have been working on the project, along with local painter and decorator Gwyn Thomas, who has agreed to paint the artefacts free of charge now they are in place.
Residents living near the gateway to the village will also be closely involved in the design of the site. The action group is now working with other residents interested in the history of the village on a number of other similar heritage projects, including local leaflets, a book, and interpretation boards explaining the history of the mining industry.
Cllr Rhiannon Hughes said: "The residents' group is keen to develop a number of projects celebrating the important history of the village. We see these projects as helping to attract visitors to the village, which we hope will help enahnce the good name of Meliden and support the local businesses."
(Journal, 8th June, 2004)
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