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Bedwas Workmen’s Hall will show the Women’s World Cup final between England and Spain on Sunday August 20, with doors open at 10.30am.
The Lionesses beat hosts Australia 3-1 earlier in the week, whereas Spain scored a last minute winner to edge past Sweden 2-1.
The game will kick-off at 11am and will be streamed for free from the Grade II listed hall, which is celebrating its centenary this year.
Centenary year
A century ago, miners came together and contributed a penny a week to help fund the hall’s construction.
This, combined with a grant from local colliery owner Sir Samuel Instone, saw its foundation stone laid on January 13, 1923.
To celebrate that day 100 years on, the hall hosted a screening of the 2014 film Pride – which, based on a true story, depicts the young lesbian and gay activists who rallied to support striking miners during the 1984 Miners’ Strike.
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