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== Housing == |
== Housing == |
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Most housing in the 19th century was built by local private builders, sometimes for local industry or the railways. This can be seen at Giant’s Grave, Warren Hill, and near the dock. Municipal housing in Briton Ferry started as a result of the Housing of the Workers Act 1890 and continued as a result of 20th-century housing legislation just before and following [[World War II]]. High-rise housing was attempted in the 1950s due to a shortage of building land, but it was not a success. In the late 20th century the high-rise housing and much of the earliest housing near the docks was demolished and replaced by more municipal housing.<ref name=":1">‘A History of Neath from earliest times.’ George Eaton 1987; Pub. Christopher Davies, Sketty.</ref> As a participant in the Swansea Bay City Deal, Neath-Port Talbot Council aims for a share in the project to future-proof at least 10,300 properties over five years by making low carbon, energy-efficient homes, with 7,000 retro-fitted to existing houses and 3,300 newly built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swanseabaycitydeal.wales|title=Swansea Bay City Deal video|website=Swansea Bay City Deal|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Hill|first=Malcolm J|date=2000|title=Louis Gustav Mouchel|journal=Neath Antiquarian Society|volume=Transactions |
Most housing in the 19th century was built by local private builders, sometimes for local industry or the railways. This can be seen at Giant’s Grave, Warren Hill, and near the dock. Municipal housing in Briton Ferry started as a result of the Housing of the Workers Act 1890 and continued as a result of 20th-century housing legislation just before and following [[World War II]]. High-rise housing was attempted in the 1950s due to a shortage of building land, but it was not a success. In the late 20th century the high-rise housing and much of the earliest housing near the docks was demolished and replaced by more municipal housing.<ref name=":1">‘A History of Neath from earliest times.’ George Eaton 1987; Pub. Christopher Davies, Sketty.</ref> As a participant in the Swansea Bay City Deal, Neath-Port Talbot Council aims for a share in the project to future-proof at least 10,300 properties over five years by making low carbon, energy-efficient homes, with 7,000 retro-fitted to existing houses and 3,300 newly built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swanseabaycitydeal.wales|title=Swansea Bay City Deal video|website=Swansea Bay City Deal|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Hill|first=Malcolm J|date=2000|title=Louis Gustav Mouchel|journal=Neath Antiquarian Society|volume=Transactions 2000-2001}}</ref> |
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== Government and politics == |
== Government and politics == |
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Briton Ferry had its Urban District Council from 1895 to 1922, when it formed part of [[Aberavon]] Parliamentary Constituency. The growth of the town's metals industries at that time was accompanied by the growth of independent working-class representation and strong socialist, internationalist, and pacifist traditions.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Opposition to the Great War in Wales |
Briton Ferry had its Urban District Council from 1895 to 1922, when it formed part of [[Aberavon]] Parliamentary Constituency. The growth of the town's metals industries at that time was accompanied by the growth of independent working-class representation and strong socialist, internationalist, and pacifist traditions.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Opposition to the Great War in Wales 1914-1918|last=Eurig|first=Aled|publisher=University of Wales|year=2018|isbn=978-1-78683-314-3|pages=65–89;129}}</ref> Prominent [[Independent Labour Party]] representatives were Councillor Joe Branch, Ivor O. Thomas and [[Ivor H. Thomas]], the founder of the South Wales branch of the [[National Council for Civil Liberties]]. Branch was the first chair of the constituency Labour Party. [[Ramsay MacDonald]] was associated with the tradition and represented the town as MP within the Aberavon constituency. He became the leader of the opposition in 1922 and became Prime Minister in 1924.<ref>David Marquand ''Ramsay MacDonald'' 1977</ref> His constituency office was at Chequers in Briton Ferry. Many speakers visited the town at that time, including [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Norman Angell]], [[Keir Hardie]], [[Ernest Bevin]], [[Thomas Mann]], [[E. D. Morel]], [[Charlotte Despard]], Emmeline{{Which|date=June 2020}}, and [[Sylvia Pankhurst]]. For mainly political reasons, thirty-seven of the town's residents were imprisoned during [[World War I]] for opposing conscription. Along with seventy objectors from Aberavon and district, these communities provided the country's strongest opposition to the war, despite the town's loss of 120 soldiers' lives during World War I.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Not in Our Name: War dissent in a Welsh Town|last=Adams|first=Philip|publisher=Briton Ferry Books|year=2015|isbn=978-0-9930671-1-2|location=Briton Ferry Resource Centre}}</ref> The town had the distinction of providing Parliament with four MPs during 1955: Dai L. Mort, Ivor O. Thomas, [[Raymond Gower]] and Ronald Rees. |
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The town is currently in the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon, having been in Neath constituency from 1945 until 1983. The current MP is [[Stephen Kinnock]], while the current [[Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament|Senedd]] Member is David Rees along with four regional members for [[South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)| South Wales West]]. The town encompasses the [[Ward (politics)|electoral wards]] of [[Briton Ferry East]] and [[Briton Ferry West]]. Today, the Town Council consists of twelve members and meets monthly in the Council Chamber at the Community Resource Centre, the community-managed library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britonferrycouncil.org.uk/|title=Briton Ferry Town Council|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> |
The town is currently in the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon, having been in Neath constituency from 1945 until 1983. The current MP is [[Stephen Kinnock]], while the current [[Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament|Senedd]] Member is David Rees along with four regional members for [[South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)| South Wales West]]. The town encompasses the [[Ward (politics)|electoral wards]] of [[Briton Ferry East]] and [[Briton Ferry West]]. Today, the Town Council consists of twelve members and meets monthly in the Council Chamber at the Community Resource Centre, the community-managed library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britonferrycouncil.org.uk/|title=Briton Ferry Town Council|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> |
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