@Sbectol my mother’s family are from #EbbwVale so I might have known this - however I was brought up in #Aberystwyth where my father’s from. ⚽️⚽️⚽️

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66783980

Woman who qualifies to swim for #Wales becomes first solo English Channel stoma swimmer

#EbbwVale

Alnwick woman becomes first solo English Channel stoma swimmer

Gill Castle, who was injured during childbirth, swam more than 24 miles from Dover to France.

BBC News

A fydd y #tylluan yn gallu cario dynes o Flaenau Gwent? : Can an #owl lift a lady from
#BlaenauGwent ?

#GlynEbwy : #EbbwVale

Had a nice drive around #cwmcarn #forest #drive today. Not been there since I was a teenager - recently reopened and well worth a visit. Some great views up towards #ebbwvale and beyond, and down across the #avonmouth estuary. Chargers the car at a #dragoncharging charger - it wasn’t as quick as I hoped, but not too bad getting back to 80%. Off to #CardiffBay and a night stop at the #premierinn tomorrow
Tonight #EbbwVale Malevoice Choir.
Small event for the locals be really nice.

Coal and steel companies operated extensive rail systems in South Wales with a variety of locos, both steam and diesel.

Here is a superb Facebook overview by the folk at Ebbw Vale Works Museum of those working at the steelworks from 1830 to the 21st Century!

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Va1DeTZPiv4KrJks5M89T15JVmkscW3THXnV6DDFLkusXjm2CfTsX3va4vXfd43Xl&id=488692024480897

(Note: Click on this link rather than the tile at the foot of the post which takes you somewhere different! 🤷 )

#EbbwVale #Railway #History

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@sparkyrite #shwmae and welcome from #ebbwvale - I'm from Llanilltud Fawr on the coast, although I live in NY which has been a pretty chilly wasteland these past weeks... ❄️