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Wales Online
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Corrie David & Ted Peskett

Living in the shadow of a wind farm: The people surrounded by turbines which promised to lower bills, now terrified they could fall like trees

Straddling the border of Bridgend County and Rhondda Cynon Taf is a community with a rich history of harnessing energy.

Back as far as the late 19th Century, Gilfach Goch and Evanstown - like much of the Welsh valleys - was known as a mining community.

The Gilfach Goch Coillery employed boys and men through the village. Though the work was difficult and dangerous, residents recall a sense of pride in their past.

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