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Closure Notice on Llanfairfach Colliery Gate

Official regulatory notice documenting the colliery's closure, defaced to allow covert access
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Purpose

Public notification of the colliery’s official closure, intended to restrict access and liability for the regulatory authority

Significance

Symbol of bureaucratic neglect: the closure notice frames the colliery as abandoned despite covert toxic studies, and its defaced state mirrors the crumbling infrastructure that conceals the deeper danger.

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S10E21 · The Green Death Part 1
Scientist flees unseen peril in colliery tunnels

The closure notice on the colliery gate, once authoritative, is now bent and split at the edges with fresh scratches—evidence of forced entry. Its faded ink barely reads ‘PERMANENTLY’ as the scientist sprints past, ignoring its warning. The placard’s rusted frame rattles under blasts of toxic air escaping from cracks splitting the tunnel walls beneath it.

Before: Rust-eaten metal placard bolted to a corroded iron gate, warning sign partially detached from its frame due to weathering
After: Same rusted placard now tilted further open due to structural shifts, allowing covert entry and revealing smoke and chemicals rising from below
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