| The Rise and Fall of Blaenavon | |
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| cwmbangu | Dec 14 2015, 09:34 AM Post #1 |
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A visit to Blaenavon is to step back into the bleak historic past of the Welsh mining villages. It is a true story of boom and bust as first the iron industry flourished and then left, and then the coal mines, were closed down. This site is of rare historic interest because all this happened so quickly. Other areas had a chance to experience gradual change and for the workforce to find new horizons and expand into new directions. But in Blaenavon, the iron industry suffered from a discovery of cheap steel production. Ironically, the discovery itself was made in Blaenavon itself. Gym in Cwmbran |
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