DEVELOPMENT
Rent book for 3 Williams Row, the house in which I was born, which shows a weekly rent of 3/6 in 1912 raising to £1.4.0 a week from 1925 to 1936
Two views of “the Square area” from the top of the red ash tip. The left photo showing the Rising Sun pub at the end of Station Row and the right photo showing the old Post Office and Morgan Harris’s store
Early 1900’s view of Fochriw and colliery
6, Railway Terrace circa 1907
Slum clearance notification and related newspaper articles on same and opencast and tip clearances
Late 1950’s view of Guest St showing Ivor House and Surgery and a train in the station
Ernie Sibley in Guest St also showing the start of the “slum clearances” in 1974
Newspaper article on vandalism dated 18 February 1984
Sheep roaming on old railway station track bed
Station Square Winter 1962/63
View looking down Dynevor Street towards the station Matthew’s slaughter house is the small building
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