Hey thanks John, I thought it might have been a little later than that as the people of Devauden used to talk when I was little, about being able to see when they blew at Blaenavon. The sky would light up really bright. I remember my dad and grancher talking about it. Maybe my dad was remembering via his dad as my dad was born 1906. Obviously too late for him to have experienced it for himself. Of course, Blaenavon is easily seen from the Devauden ridge. Thanks a lot for your help it is much appreciated. Regards Dawn dawn.cumbley@virgin.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ball" <john@jlb2005.plus.com> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [MON] Blaenavon > Dawn Cumbley <dawn.cumbley@virgin.net> wrote: > Could SKS tell me when the last blast was fired at the Blaenavon furnace > please? I know I could probably look it up ...... > ===================== > > Dear Dawn, > > According to the 'Blaenavon.info' website, "The last furnace was blown out > in 1904." > > See http://www.norbiton.com/blaenavon/ > > Kind regards, > > John > -------------------- > John Ball, Ystalyfera, near Swansea, Wales, UK > E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com > John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ > Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ > Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ > > GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ > Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 268.18.17/732 - Release Date: > 24/03/2007 16:36 > >