Cwm

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If ever a community was built on and for coal it is Cwm, a couple of miles south of  Ebbw Vale. Two main pits kept the small village in work (on and off) from 1880 and for almost 110 years.

Its first pit was the Cwm and Mon colliery. By 1896 it was employing 124 men. By 1908 that had dropped to 105, and then by 1938 to just 58 men. But there was always the other colliery to turn to.  From 1889 the nearby Marine Colliery was being developed. At its peak it employed 1,540 men. But, by 1989 Marine – the last deep mine in the Ebbw Valleys – was closed.

The importance of  coal to this small community can best be see by looking at the roll-call of workers at ‘Marine’ in 1927.  Of the 51 men employed there then 37 of them walked the short distance to work from their terraced homes in this small community.


Local Information I hope you find useful:

Charities & Voluntary Organisations:

Ebbw Vale Dist Development Trust: 28 Marine Street.              01495 – 370971
 Salvation Army:  Canning Street.                                                  01495 – 370274

Chemists:

Co-op Pharmacy:             6 Marine Street                                    01495 - 370273 

Clubs & Associations:

Comrades Club & Institute, 86 Marine Street.                            01495 – 370213
 Premier Club, William Street.                                                        01495 -  370328
Royal British Legion: 8 Canning Street                                        01495 - 370357
 Riverside Social Club & Institute, Canning Street.                      01495 - 370381
 Sports Club, 2 Marine Street.                                                        01495 - 370885

Community Centres :

Community Education Centre, Canning St.                                   01495 - 371117

Doctors & Doctors Surgeries:

Cwm Surgery  Canning Street                                                        01495 - 370209

Library:         Canning Street.                                                        01495 - 370454

Places of Worship: 

St. Paul’s Church (C in Ws), Cwm Road.                                      01495 – 371588

Police Stations :    Cwm Terrace.                                                   01495 - 370666

Post Office       Mill Terrace.                                                         01495 - 370231

Schools        Primary School, Canning Street.                               01495 - 370437

Sports Clubs and Associations:   

Sports Club, 2 Marine Street.                                                        01495 - 370885

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