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Date Posted: 12:27:51 14/04/10 Wed
Author: lisa
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Re: Full Moon Cottages
In reply to: Sharon 's message, "Re: Full Moon Cottages" on 17:04:56 28/01/10 Thu

Hi been reading the posts about full moon Cottages! my great grandmother and grandfather also lived there (Alice and Ike Jones) also Phillys and kath jones. I too would like to find pictures of the cottages and more information. Years ago i was able to still see the footings of the buildings. all information would be great.

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[> [> [> Re: Full Moon Cottages -- Kim Lowe, 18:55:25 08/12/10 Wed [1]

It is assumed the name of Full Moon originated from the Public House that was situated in the cenre of the village. The Villages' Welsh Name long forgotten. Now long since demolished, it lay in Gwents Sirhowy Valley. It was a tiny village. The owners of the local colliery 'persuaded' the tenants to leave as they wanted to extend their waste tip. The owners allowed large boulders to crash down onto the houses 'persuading' the tenants to vacate their porperties!. There was nothing pretty about the houses in Full Moon, it was built on the slope of Machen mountain. The railway ran above it very close to some of the houses. the Sirhowy River, black with coal dust ran below it and the waste tip was only yards away too!. Saying that though you could walk into the beautiful mountains and there were alwayd Wimberries to pick in the Summer. By about 1946 the houses in Full Moon were demolished under the Slum Clearence act.

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