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houses demolished in Aberdare Road Blaen
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Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:03 pm
by lynnerj
Hi, does any know the date the few houses, no.4 being one of them, were knocked down in blaen?
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Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:19 pm
by brianblaenboy
Aberdare Road, Blaenllechau, numbered from the top down to the Glyn. At the time I delivered papers in Blaenllechau, people from those top houses had to walk down to the tap outside 'the Owens' house for water. From memory I do not believe they were still there in 1963 when I joined the Army, I may be wrong. If I have a chance to find out, I'll put the answer on here.
Brian
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Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:26 pm
by lynnerj
thank you brian. any info would be appreciated
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Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:47 pm
by JohnPitt
In the late fifties, I remember one of those houses (number 3 I think) getting a very bad house fire nobody died except the dog
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who could clearly be seen in the back bedroom (no roof left), the following morning, from the mountainside. I believe the fire hoses couldn't reach the main hydrant.
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Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:48 pm
by brianblaenboy
John, you have a knack in making the brain work - somewhere in mine, I can vaguely remember my parents talking about the hoses did not go down the road far enough. Wonder if that was the reason that those houses soon emptied, I do remember them being derelict.