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    Arrow Cwm Coke Works, Beddau 06 and 07.

    Seeing as its the week of the Way back when machine and ive never posted a report of Cwm over here heres a collection of pics ive taken of what may have been South Wales best explore from a few years back. Cwm was the first big industrial site i ever visited and ive been here countless times with countless people since, Its always been a bit of a nemisis though with a bust ratio of 7 to 3, but the security guards were always sound and their dog even stopped barking at me by the time of my last visits.

    Built in 1956 as part of the NCB's modernisation of the South wales cola field it was built to take advantage of the low sulpher coal produced at the neigbouring Cwm Colliery. The coke works survived the closure of the colliery following the Miners Strike in 1985 it was alos the place where my dads MKIV Ford Cortina was pelted by strikers, he was a pit deputy and was babysittng the mine so it was safe for the colliers to return to work when the strike ended. The coke works were sold off to the management when the coal industry as privatised in the 9's and was later bought by Coal Products Limited. It contiued producing coke for the Steelworks in Port Talbot along with by products like tar and ammonia until 2003 when Llanwern stopped steel production and Corus decided to recommission their own coke works at Port Talbot.

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    and 4 from 08







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    Default Re: Cwm Coke Works, Beddau 06 and 07.

    It's always looked good this place, and these pictures show it off very well. It must have knackered the local economy so much when this place shut. Sorry to hear about your dads Cortina. Top marks possible though by the inclusion of a teapot in your report

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    Default Re: Cwm Coke Works, Beddau 06 and 07.

    A fist full of images there mate, that is well and truly captured.
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    Default Re: Cwm Coke Works, Beddau 06 and 07.

    That's great, a lot of different aspects to CWM that I've not seen on other reports. The scale of the place is awe inspiring…

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    Default Re: Cwm Coke Works, Beddau 06 and 07.

    That's a great set of pictures Mate, captured really nicely over the years. Industrial porn at it's best
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    Comming to think about it it might have been the Sierra by then, i remmember goign car shopping for the first time around then. NCB used to be good with car allowances they paied 10% of the prince so long as it was a car built in Britain.

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    Default Re: Cwm Coke Works, Beddau 06 and 07.

    Nice one Sinnerman, I love the suit of you in that suit LOL
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    thats imortal owl strutting his groove thang

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    Default Re: Cwm Coke Works, Beddau 06 and 07.

    Marvellous set of shots there Sinnerman, industrial greatness indeed

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