In a message dated 19/06/2011 01:54:48 GMT Daylight Time, glamorgan-request@rootsweb.com writes: On the way to Abertridwr, I pointed out Mutton Tump in Senghenydd to Ian. > Do you remember you wrote a message to the Glamorgan List about Mutton > Tump back in 2002? Hi Jo Ah yes I remember it well, it was about my wife's cousin's dad who got caught in the act of butchering a sheep (yes I did say butchering) He went to prison for this. His daughter my wife's cousin was always told to be proud of her dad cos he was doing it to help the number of people out of work in the 20s. Mutton Tump was actually in Abertridwr it's south of the Windsor. Regards Phil T.C.M.

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:37:48 +0100, <PRode18115@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Jo > Ah yes I remember it well, it was about my wife's cousin's dad who got > caught in the act of butchering a sheep (yes I did say butchering) He > went to prison for this. His daughter my wife's cousin was always told > to be proud of her dad cos he was doing it to help the number of people > out of work in the 20s. > Mutton Tump was actually in Abertridwr it's south of the Windsor. Hi Phil, You're right, of course:-) I should have remembered that Mutton Tump was in Abertridwr, especially as I passed it twice a day almost every day for 17 years on my way through Abertridwr and Senghenydd and over the mountain to Nelson and back again. We made that journey again last month and it seemed incredible that it is almost 22 years since we last came over the mountain from Nelson. Every curve in the mountain road was as familiar as if we'd passed that way only yesterday. And the view on top of the mountain was splendid as we could see right up to the Brecon Beacons that day. We also remembered the days of our youth when the pits were working and on cold winters' days we could see columns of warm moist air rising from the pits. Jo -- Josephine Jeremiah The Glamorganshire Canal www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com