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Human settlement in Wales
Brechfa
OS grid referenceSN525303
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARMARTHEN
Postcode districtSA32
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
Websitehttp://www.brechfa.info/
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire
File:Brechfa Aerial.jpg
An aerial view of Brechfa.

Brechfa is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales that has existed since the 6th century.

Location and amenities

Brechfa is set in countryside managed by the Forestry Commission or Forest Enterprise at the top of the Cothi Valley. The village is the site of Brechfa Mountain Biking. A co-operative has been set up to run the village shop, which featured in an article in the Daily Telegraph Magazine in 2007.

History

In the 1840s, Brechfa featured in the Rebecca Riots when rioters destroyed tollgates on the local turnpike road. During the 1930s Great Depression, unemployed men were set to work on the Forestry Commission land, breaking ground, building tracks, and undertaking other heavy labour. The men lived in a work camp in Brechfa, which was one of a number of Instructional Centres run by the Ministry of Labour.

Brechfa FM

Pupils of Bro Myrddin Welsh Comprehensive School, Carmarthen have launched an on demand podcast website on the bebo network called Brechfa FM. The comedy radio station portrays the Brechfa residents as very isolated people who have no contact with "outside world" places such as Carmarthen. The radio station has become popular among local bebo network users..
Brechfa Radio Podcast Site

Notable residents\former residents

References

  1. 2001 Census
  2. Community Web-Site
  3. A History of Carmarthenshire Lloyd, Sir J: For The Society (Cardiff) 1935 & 1939, Vol I From Prehistoric Times to the Act of Union (1536)
  4. Walks around Brecha
  5. Long term conservation
  6. Scenic tour
  7. Winner of A Welsh Oscar, Newyddion Cymuned 25 May 2007
  8. Saturday 31 March 2007
  9. Rebecca Riots
  • John Field, "Learning Through Labour: Training, unemployment and the state, 1890-1939", Leeds University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-900960-48-5

External links

51°57′N 4°09′W / 51.950°N 4.150°W / 51.950; -4.150

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