More on the history of the Cawdor site

[Dic Dastardly]

Kevin Davies has recently bought Glanteify House (next to the block of
Council flats, next to the Showroom) in order to access its back
garden.

The tannery operated up to WW1 and was situated where the two house in
Tanyard Lane now are, behind and to the side of them and the leather
was delivered through the tiny house next to no 2 Sunnyside, through
to the back which is basically where Kevin Davies's ‘pound’ now is.

The site of the carpark beyond and behind this was used as a dump for
old vehicles and JDRs old fridges/freezers etc.

**The site of the old GC motor factors premises had petrol pumps, and
the 2nd KD pound in front of bungalow to be demolished, was used as a
tip by the Cawdor Hotel who until approx 1948 also ran a general
transport business, which consisted mainly of milk lorries (14 or so)
which eventually got moved out to the milk factory in Aberarad. So
can you imagine what must be under there with the combination of hotel
waste, petrol, milk slurry, transport rubbish etc. (The local
children apparently used to go and shoot rats there!)

There is a maze of waterways under the site, left and right. The
stream ran down Penlon Hill under the houses, to a gulley (now filled)
where the new houses are and diverted upstream to land owned still by
Dewi Davies. (These are on ‘yellow’ clay and apparently they recently
had to pile drive 90ft to secure them, as 60 was not enough) The
Cawdor site and hotel are on ‘blue’ clay – water was also diverted
under Glynest to Graig Street (there is apparently a well in No 1)
But of course over the years any number of 'breaks' could have
occurred.

[Jeremy Clulow]

Blimey, I'm glad you, Tim et al are on my side.

You not only do your homework, you do all ours as well!

Thanks,

Jeremy

Dic Dastardly wrote:
> Kevin Davies has recently bought Glanteify House (next to the block of
> Council flats, next to the Showroom) in order to access its back
> garden.
>
> The tannery operated up to WW1 and was situated where the two house in
> Tanyard Lane now are, behind and to the side of them and the leather
> was delivered through the tiny house next to no 2 Sunnyside, through

> to the back which is basically where Kevin Davies's �pound� now is.

>
> The site of the carpark beyond and behind this was used as a dump for
> old vehicles and JDRs old fridges/freezers etc.
>
> **The site of the old GC motor factors premises had petrol pumps, and
> the 2nd KD pound in front of bungalow to be demolished, was used as a
> tip by the Cawdor Hotel who until approx 1948 also ran a general
> transport business, which consisted mainly of milk lorries (14 or so)
> which eventually got moved out to the milk factory in Aberarad. So
> can you imagine what must be under there with the combination of hotel
> waste, petrol, milk slurry, transport rubbish etc. (The local
> children apparently used to go and shoot rats there!)
>
> There is a maze of waterways under the site, left and right. The
> stream ran down Penlon Hill under the houses, to a gulley (now filled)
> where the new houses are and diverted upstream to land owned still by

> Dewi Davies. (These are on �yellow� clay and apparently they recently

> had to pile drive 90ft to secure them, as 60 was not enough) The

> Cawdor site and hotel are on �blue� clay � water was also diverted

> under Glynest to Graig Street (there is apparently a well in No 1)
> But of course over the years any number of 'breaks' could have
> occurred.
>

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