Kloe's Cache - my street Traditional Cache
Chaplinfamily: Thanks to all the people that have found this one.
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Kloe is the eldest daughter in the family and wanted to bring a cache close to home.
Kloe is an avid geocacher and excels at finding caches. Within the village of Seven Sisters/Blaendulais there are a number of caches and here is a dash and cache for those that want to visit to raise their numbers.
This cache is suitable for all including persons in a wheelchair as it is placed on a tarmac pavement. There is ample parking within the area however it is placed within a residential area so beware of muggles.
History:
The village of Seven Sisters had always been recognised historically for its coal mining pit that was located in the middle of what was once one of the richest sources of coal in Britain, if not the world in the heart of the South Wales Coalfield.
Development of many mines, and hence small settlements into villages and towns in the area, was brought about by a combination of a rich deposits of Anthracite in the western South Wales coalfield, as well as the construction of the Neath and Brecon Railway from 1862
David Evans of the Evans-Bevan coal mining partnership, had wanted to call the colliery after his daughter, Isabella Bevan who cut the first sod on the land at Bryn Dulais farm with a silver spade on Monday, March 11, 1872. However, in light of superstition, and the fact that his own six sisters attended the ceremony, Evans agreed to call the mine Seven Sisters.
During the 1950s geological problems and changing economic conditions took their toll, and in May 1963 the colliery closed and the pit filled in. The men who had been employed at the Seven Sisters were transferred to the nearby Blaenant Colliery, which closed in 1990.
With the opening of the mine in 1875, a community grew up around it. the present day name of the village came from the fact that Evan Evans had one son and seven daughters, hence the "seven sisters". At its peak in 1945 the colliery employed over 759 men from the surrounding area.
The first dwellings erected in the village were single storey buildings for the coal miners, named Brick Row, which are still in place today.
A junior school was opened in 1884 at a cost of £530 for the school building and £280 for the school house. 33 children appeared on the register for this year. Its first headmaster was Mr W.J. Thomas employed on an annual salary of £52.
Thanks to wikipedia for the information.
A first to find gift is included in the cache, as this is a micro cache please bring a pen/pencil.
Additional Hints
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