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Allt Yr Yn, Above The Lock 1893
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The Monmouthshire Canal ran from Newport to Pontymoile, with a branch to Crumlin. Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance. The lock chambers on this canal had their own individual size, 64ft 9in x 9ft 2ins – a most peculiar gauge. The canal became disused in 1930. At the top of the flight is a Visitor Centre with plenty of information, and it is possible to walk down the flight.

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A Selection of Memories from Allt-yr-yn

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Allt-yr-yn

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This site caught my attention when I was looking for information on Farley Croft in UK. Someone had written about being a nurse there. It was a lovely old house in Westerham and during WWII it was taken over as a children's hospital. My sisters and I were evacuees and spent some time in the hospital. I would have been about 5 years old and still remember it as a beautiful house. I remember there was a big doll ...see more