Jane from Mountain Ash blogs here with a story on the proposed opencast plans for Mountain Ash…
We had a knock at the door last night from a nice man called Ian. It was -3*C and he was going door to door with a petition. Ian was collecting residents signatures for his petition to raise awareness of one anonymous landowners intent to dig for coal on a small plot of land behind the graveyard in Caegarw, Mountain Ash.
We had been wondering about the sounds of heavy machinery and the Apex Drilling vans seen on our street over the past few weeks.
It appears that the plot of land was sold by Lord Aberdare in the ’60’s to this man and he has twice been denied permission to excavate the coal from a 100 year old tip.
We understand that the land has a preservation order on it...
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Shame of shame… these are photos of an old Welsh Chapel in Aberdare.
Hen Dy Cwrdd chapel, in the village of Trecynon near Aberdare is the oldest Chapel in Aberdare.
The place seems to have been left to rot.
The graveyard and Chapel grounds are full of Japanese Knotweed - it’s like a Jungle !
The outer perimeter walls are cracking.
The front gate rusts and remains unsecured.
The Chapel door is rotting and opened.
Who is responsible for the maintenance of this site of special interest ?
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