The band was founded in 1917 by workers from the local coal mine.

BBC: Band outside Olympic stadium

Wayne Thomas said the rise in the price of coal and the quality of the anthracite in the local area had seen mining become more profitable in recent years and led to a "resurgence of interest".

BBC: Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll: Brief history

Sir Barnett Stross, a local councillor, began a campaign in the 1940s and enlisted the help of coal workers to help rebuild the village.

BBC: Lidice

The White Springs, West Virginia, resort declared bankruptcy in 2009, and new owner Jim Justice, a local coal-and-agriculture baron, is trying to bring the 6, 750-acre property into the modern era of luxury--and extend its appeal beyond a graying demographic.

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