The explosion in Insole’s pit in Cymmer on 15th July 1856 was the first on the coalfield to take more than a hundred lives, The inquest, held in the Butchers' Arms, Pontypridd, sent the manager and overmen to be tried for manslaughter. Their acquittal left a legacy of bitterness which was remembered in the community for more than a generation.
James Harvey Insole began building, his mansion in Llandaff in the year of that dreadful event. The Friends of Insole Court have distilled the press reports of the Coroner's Inquest into a three-hour re-enactment in which members of the audience are invited to take part either as members of the public or as witnesses.
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There is a break during the proceedings to coincide with one of the several adjournments that occurred.
