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Hi, does any know the date the few houses, no.4 being one of them, were knocked down in blaen?

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

thank you brian. any info would be appreciated

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 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.

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.