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ELO` GREATEST HITS…….UNITED KINGDOM

ALBUM……. Greatest Hits. Label/No……. Epic Jet LX 525. Pressed in……. United Kingdom. SIDE 1 Evil Woman. Livin’ Thing. Cant Get It Out Of My Head. Showdown. Turn To Stone. Rockaria. SIDE 2 Sweet Talkin’ Woman. Telephone Line. Ma Ma Ma Belle. Strange Magic. Mr Blue Sky. Notes…….

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ELO` GREATEST HITS…….UNITED KINGDOM

ALBUM……. Greatest Hits. Label/No……. Jet LX 525. Pressed in……. United Kingdom. SIDE 1 Evil Woman. Livin’ Thing. Cant Get It Out Of My Head. Showdown. Turn To Stone. Rockaria. SIDE 2 Sweet Talkin’ Woman. Telephone Line. Ma Ma Ma Belle. Strange Magic. Mr Blue Sky. Notes…….

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St Michaels Church – Abertillery

St Michaels Church Abertillery. Abertillery in the 1830’s-40’s was practically non-existent, a few farms and one main small iron works owned by Mr Richard Walker of Trevethin, Pontypool, father-in-law to Mr William Webb, Brewster of Aberbeeg. Mr Walker’s Iron Works were situated where Tesco’s Supermarket is today. In the mid 1840’s Mr Walker went bankrupt and he sold the works. …

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The Hebrew Synagogue – Abertillery

The Hebrew Synagogue – Abertillery. In the late 1880’s there was a temporary synagogue for the Hebrew congregation at Bailey Street, Brynmawr. Reports mentioned it was at Heathcock House? The president was Mr B. Isaacs and the vice-president was Mr I. Isaacs. The minister was Rev Rocowsky. In February 1891 a fight broke out at the synagogue during the Saturday …

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Newall Street Primitive Methodist Chapel

Newall Street Methodist Chapel. On Monday 8th of May 1905, at a council meeting, plans were put forth for the erection of a Primitive Methodist Chapel at Newall Street, Abertillery. The chapel was to be built to ease the overcrowding at the Methodists Chapel on Somerset Street and was to be its sister chapel. In 1906 the building of the …

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Mr Lewis Reynolds Rogers of Rogers Buildings – Abertillery

Mr Lewis Reynold Rogers of Rogers Buildings, Abertillery 1857-1894. Mr L. R. Rogers was a tradesman and proprietor of the Abertillery Tea Exchange. Mr Rogers descended from the old, respected family of that name and was the son of Mr William Rogers, the engineer to the Cwmnant-y-Groes Colliery Company. At an early age he was apprenticed to Mr George Hiley at …

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The Primitive Methodist Chapel – Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent Primitive Methodist Chapel. The Blaenau Gwent Primitive Methodist Chapel is situated at the top of Ty Bryn Road, behind the Blaenau Gwent Rows. It was reportedly built in 1883. There is a date stone on the front of the chapel though I cannot verify the exact original construction date as no records are available at this present time. …

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Trinity English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel

Trinity English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. The original Trinity English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel at Church Street, Abertillery, (as seen center on the 1879 land sales map) was built in 1877. I had previously stated it was built in 1875 as stated in the South Wales Gazette report dated November 1905, although I have now amended this date as seen below. New …

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