Caehopkin School 12
Views of the school
Photographs
of Caehopkin
School
in the winter
of 1999
This photograph shows the
school from across the valley at Abercrave. The ridge behind
- here landscaped and under snow - was once the site of both
the Abercrave and International Anthracite collieries. The latter
was said to be so called because of the Spanish and Portugese
miners brought in to work underground. Many of these lived in
Brooklands Terrace which led to it being nicknamed "Spanish
Row" locally. One Spanish pupil of the school tragically
drowned in the Tawe in June 1921.
This photograph shows the school with the village of Abercrave across the valley in the distance.
