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Filling Station and Motorique Autoparts) stands on ground that was used as in-fill to reclaim an area that was known locally as Chwarel Bethel (Bethel Quarry), a source of some relatively unique, fairly
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valuable and sought after mineral deposits by the Bone-China /Ceramic industry of the
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