You are probably right though Glyn. Isn't it amazing how we do not think to query these things until later in life? Typical of Famhist that- don't take in what the ancient members of the family tell us until they have died and then can't recall what they said. I wish I'd listened more to my grancher, it would be of great help to me now. Have an aunt who is still living at 103+ but unfortunately she is one of the family with a poor memory. Nowadays we see the glow from large cities from miles away. Too much light pollution now,can no longer see the stars properly like when I was small. Regards Dawn dawn.cumbley@virgin.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glyn Hatherall" <glyn@hatherall.org.uk> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [MON] Blaenavon > To complicate the issue: I remember being on the Coity Mountain > (overlooking Blaenavon) in the dusk in app 1950-55 and seeing a rich > glow on the horizon to the west. But it wasn't the sun setting, so we > lads reckoned it must have come from a steel works in an adjacent > valley. We never thought at the time to ascertain whether this was > plausible. I doubt whether the glow could have been seen from right > down in the town, but it was probably visible from higher up on the > eastern side of Blaenavon, too . > > Glyn Hatherall > Ealing, London > glyn@hatherall.org.uk > scarrott@one-name.org > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 268.18.18/734 - Release Date: > 26/03/2007 14:31 > >