![]() That was short-lived only because it became clear there was so much more to be done than simply run social events. After the success of the Halloween party, the Ethel Street events committee was founded. Since then the street has turned into a vibrant, brilliant community. ![]() ![]() “It was a bitter cold night and 50 people came. “We didn’t know if anyone would turn up,” she says. There wasn’t much life and energy.”Įmma, a full-time carer, ploughed on and organised the party anyway. “It was a down-in-the-dumps sort of place. They thought people did not want to get involved in community events.” The street – two rows of stone terraced houses in Neath, south Wales – had lost its heart, its spirit. She had married into the area and wanted to get to know her neighbours better. ![]() Emma Knight, then a new arrival on Ethel Street, had thought it would be a great idea if she organised a Halloween party. ![]()
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