A woman who lives by a derelict workmen's hall in the Amman Valley with a hole in the roof is "petrified" every time there's a storm, according to a councillor. Cllr Kevin Madge, who said the roof of the Workmen's Hall in Garnant had blown off before and landed on the woman's property, asked the leader of Carmarthenshire Council what it was going to do to make the building safe.
The Garnant ward member claimed the building, in Heol Cwmaman, was the county's biggest fire risk and posed a danger to people living nearby. Miners and tin plate workers helped fund the hall when it was built in the 1920s. Over the years it hosted operas and concerts, and served as a cinema. More recently planning permission was sought to create a care home there.
The workmen's hall query was one of three questions submitted by Cllr Madge about his ward at a meeting of full council. Council leader Darren Price said the building had new owners and that council officers would contact them when their details became known via the Land Registry. You can get more Carmarthenshire news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
