What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Robert Saint 1905-1950. In this house lived Robert Saint. Miner and bandsman who in 1936 wrote the musical score 'Gresford'- The Miners Hymn to commemorate the 266 men and boys who lost their lives in the mining disaster of 22nd September 1934 in Gresford, Wales.
Robert Saint was a miner and bandsman remembered for composing 'Gresford', The Miners Hymn, in 1936 to honor the 266 victims of the devastating Gresford mining disaster of 1934.
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