Lydbrook, Church Hill from Hangerberry Hill - looking East 1937-1940
Courtesy of: W Smith, commentary by Ken W Sollars. Uploaded:
The Anglican Church of Holy Jesus built in 1851 overlooks the recreation ground. Local men, mainly miners, have by this time levelled the "Old Blue Mound". The work was carried out entirely by pick and shovel and pit carts. This work was the inspired by a local man who looked out through his window and was moved to persuade others to move the "Old Blue Mound" a large pile of waste from "Lydbrook Deep Navigation" pit. The new playground equipment can be seen and the protective wire fencing around the young trees. The foreground area is still used as a football pitch. A large land "slump" can be seen to the right. Stone quarries scar the hillside in the background
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