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Maesglas was a penniless place everybody called Moscow. When it was built in the thirties the winter was of such Soviet severity that the frost-bound workmen gave it the name. Poor though it was, nobody who ever lived there can today mention its name or its
Russian nickname without breaking into a
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The main housing estate was first built in the 1930s, then many newer houses were added between the 1970s and 1990s in the
Bideford Road area, next to the Great Western Main Line. Homes on the Maesglas estate are fairly compact but all have front and back gardens. Most of the houses are
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The estate is the sub-ward of the Gaer ward of
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and the small estate (St David's
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as well as football field in the grounds of the
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In 2008, a new suburban railway station was to be built to serve
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This quote is incorporated into a mural telling the history of the estate, painted on the side of the
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to establish the poverty of an area. Maesglas has benefited hugely since the beginning of the scheme.
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In the centre of the estate, there are two schools: Maesglas
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