George Pit Cottages

[Dannemois]

Hi Gazza
My name is Roy Smith, you probably don’t know me as I left Brithdir over 50 years ago and moved down the valley to Caerphilly. I grew up in the same era as your uncle Tom and it was Tom & your aunty Jan who lent me the original photo which I copied.  I hope you don’t mind me posting it on site; the original is coloured and black & white is a more acceptable medium for reproducting.  My interest is in the old cottages and unfortunately two old relics (Tom & Lynn) got in the way-only joking, but it is a good example to demonstrate the ‘past & present’ of Brithdir.  For the past five years I have been researching everything with a connection to the village with the aim of one day writing its history.  Since then I have also collected numerous old photos of the village and Brithdir people. 

Regards, Roy

[pielip]

I lived in those old cottages in geoge pit in the 1950s before they pulled them down, I moved away in the 1960s, it would be brilliant if i could see what they  looked like after we left , i  dont now if this will get me any were,,My name is Phil Davies,

[Dannemois]

Hi Phil
There is a pic on the Brithdir Group page by Will Rogers with the old cottages and the George Pit in the background.

Cheers Roy

[pielip]

Thanks Roy, I

[pielip]

Thanks Roy, I have actually got that photo, I was hoping i might get a closer one,They were really in a mess when we lived in them an when we left, I now they are like mansions compered, to what they were then,I had a good look at them a few weeks ago, ,But i thought i might be able to look at a blast from the past,thanks anyway,Newtredgar group very good,bye