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The Rose Heyworth Cwmtillery Cable Belts – East West and the Drift

The Rose Heyworth Cwmtillery Cable Belts – East West and the Drift. The map shows the two cable belts running through the Mynydd James Mountain from Cwmtillery to Rose Heyworth and vice versa. The East West Cable Belt and The Drift Cable Belt. The East West Cable Belt. The East West Cable Belt was about 1,245 yards in length and …

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The Cwmtillery Colliery

The Cwmtillery Colliery. The Cwmtillery Colliery, image taken from West Bank about 1911.   Points of interest – The colliery and grounds in the center of the image with the company cottages either side of the valley once owned by the South Wales Colliery Company and constructed for the large workforce. On the left is the colliery feeder, flight buckets …

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Cwmtillery Colliery – Coke Ovens

Cwmtillery Colliery with the Coke Ovens. During the latter part of the 19th century tramping vagrants would walk the valley’s looking for some sort of employment, a few of them would be too aged, ill and unable to work in heavy industry, often they would be eligible for relief and receive about 8d. per day for food, though many would …

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Cwmtillery Colliers Hall

Cwmtillery Colliers Hall. On Friday 31st of July 1874, the construction of the Colliers Hall at Cwmtillery commenced. The foundation stone was laid by Mrs Rose Heyworth, wife of Mr Lawrence Heyworth, the director of the South Wales Colliery Company. Within the foundations she placed a sealed bottle containing new current coins and a parchment with an inscription of the …

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