Judy Rose, associate editor of the Nanty Glo Home Page, contributes the Thursday Pages and Saturday Roundup pages weekly. Thursday's Pages rotate among "Then and Now," "Where Are They Now," "Special Features" and "Out and About." Born and raised in Home Page Country, she is a Registered Nurse by profession. Index of Judy Rose's Where Are They Now articles

Judy Rose

Miners' Homes...It's safe to say that had it not been for the various commerical coal mines that once filled Nanty Glo, about half the homes that are still standing would not have been here. Of course, if there were no mines, there would have been no work and no need for people and thus no need for the homes. One of the most densely populated areas of Nanty Glo in the late teens and early 1920s was the Lloyd, Upper and Lower Christoff, and Metro streets shown here in a Bird's Eye View. Lower Christoff contained 22 two-story tile dwellings, each a double house, meaning 44 families lived there. And, we can't forget that some of them took in boarders. These homes, as well as the eight more tile double homes and eight wooden single homes on Upper Christoff were all built by the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corp., better known in this area as Webster. There are four one-story homes, the forerunner of the ranch-style shown center-right in the photo. Originally, none of these homes had bathrooms, but did have electricity and running water. The small building shown behind all the homes are the outhouses, and a wood/coal shed.