FROM Pontypool Museum’s digital archives are two images which take a look back at mining heritage in the north of the borough.

One of the images shows the Abersychan mining classes from the academic year of 1911 and 1912.

The other shows the Milfraen colliery explosion on July 10,1929, which claimed the lives of nine miners. The pit would close four years later.

These images were donated by the Pontypool Museum as part of its digital archive, which aims to preserve historic documents, images and records from the area.

To find out more about the digital archive, contact the museum at pontypoolmuseum@hotmail.co.uk or call 01495 752036.

The Free Press thanks Pontypool Museum for allowing the paper to use these images.