Thanks Walt Thought my dad would have been correct. Always a very observant man. But that puts me out of it. GRIN. I could probably see the lights of the area and imagined it was the furnace. Yes, internet is a wonderful thing as long as you can sort out the dross from the truth. I'd much rather have a local expert or a trustworthy source. Wikipedia is not one I would use having been a teacher. Apparently anyone can amend the info there. Sounds a bit like Chinese Whispers we used to play at parties. The end product was nothing like the original statement. Many thanks again. Regards Dawn dawn.cumbley@virgin.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt" <walt.king@phonecoop.coop> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [MON] Blaenavon > Hi Dawn, > > Well I didn't think all the people you quoted could have been mistaken. > > Here, it says that the last furnace was dismantled in 1938: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/blaenavon/pages/ironworks.shtml > > "However, by 1914, Blaenavon was in decline. Steelworks moved nearer to > the > sea for obvious reasons and in 1938 the last Blaenavon furnace was > dismantled." > > Meanwhile, Wikipedia maintains its customary standards: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaenavon > > Blaenavon grew around an ironworks opened in 1788, part of which is now a > museum. The steel-making and coal mining industries followed, boosting the > town's population to over 20,000 at one time, but since the ironworks > closed > in 1900 and the coal mine in 1980, the population has declined, and now > consists mostly of older citizens. > > There is so much junk on the internet and the rubbish gets copied and > propagated endlessly so it's important to use reliable sources. Gwent RO > and > BBC should be good. It seems that the last furnace was dismantled the year > you were born............. > > Walt > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dawn Cumbley" <dawn.cumbley@virgin.net> > To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 8:17 PM > Subject: Re: [MON] Blaenavon > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.18/733 - Release Date: > 25/03/2007 11:07 > >