A peoples story of wales we preserve and celebrate the rich history of wales by collecting unique stories from everyday people. History of the vale of neath by d rhys phillips 1925. Cwmclydach and adjoining blaenclydach is a village in the community of cwm clydach, northwest of tonypandy in the county borough of rhondda cynon taf, within the rhondda valley, wales. May 14, 2010 monday 17 may marked the 45th anniversary to the day of one of wales most tragic coal mining disasters in recent memory. Due to poor weather conditions, our sites may close at short notice, please check before travelling. Please feel free to leave your comments below regarding our history project especially if you. Three bedroom, midterraced property situated in clydach vale, ready for an investor to add to their property portfolio with a tenant already in premise. Kellys south wales directory 1923 archivecdbooks transcribed by gareth hicks.
Find houses for sale in clydach vale with the uks largest datadriven property portal. Blaenclydach, with contiguous cwm clydach, makes up the continuous clydach vale, also named by the writer as his birthplace, and lies in the valley of the clydach, a tributary of the rhondda fawr, which it joins downstream at tonypandy. Otherhistorical region names associated with this locality. Houses for sale in clydach vale buy houses in clydach vale. Jobs in the arts page news of opportunities in drama, music, dance in wales one union a page to help unity among working people glynbyerful male voice choirs very own page. High resolution photographs of clydach vale in the rhondda. All saints church, pontardawe near clydach, swansea and ystalyfera. Several collieries are situated here, and there are congregational and baptist chapels.
We have a number of publications available for sale through the society. Feb 17, 2015 clydach lakes the top end of cwm clydach looks starkly different today to how it did half a century ago. Rhondda valleys, clydach, cambrian collliery site 2007. Library book sales rhondda cynon taf county borough council. Clydach vale photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Home about vale news vale refinery in the united kingdom receives international recognition. Coal heritage of wales snippets from tareni colliery anthracite coals peacock seam, red vein.
Our companys clydach refinery in the united kingdom has just received a silver medallion at the shingo prize for operational excellence, dubbed the nobel prize of. Glamorgan lookup exchange, a genealogy help page books. Cwmclydach community development trust has won the support of coalfields regeneration. February 1934 the last tram was replaced by 28 single and doubledecker buses. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of clydach vale. The taff vale railway tvr is a railway in wales, and is one of the oldest in wales. Jun 16, 2015 clydach vale mining history to be remembered on.
See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Clydach vale is a village in the community of cwm clydach, northwest of tonypandy in the county borough of rhondda cynon taf, within the rhondda valley, wales. Books about clydach vale area browse 19 photo books on clydach vale and the. Where previously the cambrian colliery dominated the valley. We are the welsh governments historic environment service working for an accessible and wellprotected historic environment for wales. Clydach vale page on wikipedia has a little info on the gorki drift disaster as well as more about the area. Rhondda history page a page to help those who want to know the rhonddas past your health page a page to help your health be positive. Blaenclydach 1863, cwmclydach 1864 and clydach vale. Clydach house, in close proximity to the old forge, is still in existence, and tenanted.
It is a fine old mansion, of the tudor style of architecture, and was the home of the freres during their connection with the works, and was also the birthplace of sir bartle frere, afterwards governor of cape colony. Taff vale railway project gutenberg selfpublishing. Search for leading suppliers and wholesalers near you on yell. The books are rough sorted into the following broad categories, and in random order thereafter. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The land opposite king georgesit took 3 men 3 weeks to clear the land, it is now maintained monthly. Jan 24, 2014 home about vale news vale refinery in the united kingdom receives international recognition. Swansea council services suspended from 18 march to help the community fight coronavirus include.
Browse detached, semidetached and terraced properties to buy in clydach vale. Clydach vale in the parish of ystradyfodwg, glamorgan genuki. Sep 04, 2015 get to know vale s refinery across the world. Much of the tvr is still used for freight and passenger services. Cambrian colliery disaster, clydach vale, 1965 bbc.
Local council our past pages aka heritage trail have reappeared. Rhondda records top ten books page great thinkers point the way forward folk revolution. It operated as an independent company from 1836 until 1922, when it became a constituent company of the great western railway. May 15, 2011 clydach vale page on wikipedia has a little info on the gorki drift disaster as well as more about the area. May 30, 2009 the land opposite king georgesit took 3 men 3 weeks to clear the land, it is now maintained monthly. The clydach gorge a natural route between coalfield and usk valley once possessed the highest concentration of tramroads in wales. Photographic souvenir of old clydach and district vol 1. Taff vale railway bridge over cwm clydach, abercynon. Tommy farr clydach vale history of boxing in britain. It is named for its situation on the nant clydach, a tributary of the river rhondda. There are a range of local history and area books, dvds and videos on sale at your. The 19045 revival in clydach vale, rhondda welldigger. As miners at cambrian colliery, clydach vale near tonypandy, neared the end of the morning shift, an explosion ripped through the p26 district.
The property is within easy distance of tonypandy town and its many shops, cafes, chemists, butchers, barbers, beauty salons, etc. A merger between cambrian united and clydach vale boys and girls club led to the. We have looked at how clydach vale has changed since the club started and researched a. In the 1840s coal mining began in the valley, but this was on a. Hi, im trying to find out any info regarding my granda, jimmy jones from clydach. One view was familiar, from the painting which appears at the bottom of feeling bushed and also a poor quality version received via another source, but the older black and white image was certainly. The top end of cwm clydach looks starkly different today to how it did half a century ago. Taff vale railway bridge over cwm clydach is a grade ii listed building in abercynon, rhondda cynon taff, wales. Make a day of it by combining a visit to a familyfriendly cadw. I grabbed a book and pen and ran, my lungs were bursting and burning, said bill from.
It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under llwynypia r. Many of the victims were buried in a mass grave at llethr ddu trealaw cemetery, and as a 12 year old lad i remember sitting on the top wall of the cemetery and watching the funerals. Clydach vale is a village adjoining tonypandy in the county borough of rhondda cynon taf, within the rhondda valley, wales. Gods dealings with trinity forward movement chapel and bethel independent evangelical church, clydach ebook. The origins of the south wales miners library jstor. Old photos of the mines pits collieries of clydach vale. Nid yw statws neu berchnogaeth hawlfraint yr adnodd hwn yn hysbys. Monday 17 may marked the 45th anniversary to the day of one of wales most tragic coal mining disasters in recent memory. The cambrian colliery coal mine was the scene of the last major mine accident in the rhondda valleys in the 1960s.
Rhondda valleys information and history old photos of the coal mines pits collieries in clydach vale in the rhondda valleys. Taff vale railway bridge over cwm clydach history in structure. Historic background the historic landscape area of cwm clydach encompasses the settlements of clydach vale and blaen clydach, and penpant clydach and the sites of associated collieries. Clydach railway station was a station on the london and north western railways heads of the valleys line near the village of clydach in the welsh county of brecknockshire. Clydach vale, a hamlet in ystradyfodwg parish, glamorgan, 7 miles nw of pontypridd.
Clydach vale in the parish of ystradyfodwg glamorgan genealogy. Books each volume of photographic souvenir consists of about 60 pages, all produced to a high standard on good quality glossy paper. Clydach vale is named for its situation on the river clydach, a tributary of the river rhondda. Lessons from historical dam incidents pdfdatei 2962 kb, aufgerufen am 19. Please click on an image below to see in high resolution. Clydach vale, glamorgan genealogy heraldry and history. The club is making way for the expansion of the vale clydach refinery.
Get your 3day weather forecast for clydach vale, rhondda, cynon, taf, united kingdom. High resolution photographs of clydach vale in the rhondda valleys. It is the aim of the society to provide, encourage and generate critical thought about local history, and this aim has proved successful many times over. This place is situated in rhondda cynon taff, wales, wales, united kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 51 37 36 north, 3 28 34 west and its original name with diacritics is clydach vale. List of documents relevant to coalfield family history research. Abergavenny to merthyr including the ebbw vale branch. The society was founded in april 1983 by a group of enthusiasts, and now has around 400 members. Opened in 1902, clydach refinery is one of the oldest in the world. Apr 20, 2020 historic clydach social club the mond is closing after more than 100 years. The clydach vale colleries would later become synonymous with worker activism within the south wales coalfield.
Clydach vale inco mond nickel works swansea canal society. Jan 25 llew haydn clydach vale lpts10 new inn ac, clydach vale jan 25 rees owen treherbert wpts10 nanthir boxing club, blaengarw feb 28 billy pritchard treherbert lpts10 labour hall, penygraig apr 5 billy thomas tonyrefail wrtd4 labour hall, penygraig apr 12 emlyn jones tumble wpts10 taylors pavilion, tonypandy. Saturday will be mainly dry with variable amounts of cloud and moderate northwesterly winds. The club was founded in 1965 as cambrian united and, after playing their football in the south wales amateur league for a number of years, they joined the welsh football league in 2005. The grid layout street pattern of clydach vale, blaen clydach and penpant clydach is in place by the end of the 19th century, including high street, marian street, howard terrace, murton terrace and park terrace, clydach vale and the linear terraces with gardens of court, thomas, maddox and charles streets and clydach road, blaen clydach, to. Rhondda history page a page to help those who want to know the rhonddas past your health page. In august 1920, the first motor bus service to clydach vale. The history of clydach clydach ar cylch by evans, rev. Buy photographic souvenir of old clydach and district.
The piece a fold in the hills pdf mentioned bush houses, as well as giving life to clydach vale in. All i know is he was born on the 4th may like myself. As miners at cambrian colliery, clydach vale near tonypandy, neared the. Today, the plant produces refined nickel in the form of powder and pellets, sold to more than 280 customers in over 30 countries across europe, asia and the usa. The 19045 revival in clydach vale, rhondda just across the road from the bus station situated on the boundary between llwynypia in the north and the town centre of tonypandy, you come to the former site of a historic chapel in the rhondda. A great book detailing the events leading upto and the disaster of the clydach vale flood of 1910 which miraculously despite the devastation claimed only 6 lives though that in itself was heartbreaking, a 34 year old mother and her infant of 10 weeks, another 3 week old infant and another three little girls. Cambrian colliery, clydach vale, rhondda cynon taf, wales, uk. The area formed part of the farms of blaen clydach, pwllyrhebog, ffynnondwym, and penpant clydach at the time of the initial industrial development tithe map of ystradyfodwg 1844. During world war ii, much of the companys fleet was reassigned to the armed forces. Vale refinery in the united kingdom receives international. Clydach news, views, gossip, pictures, video wales online. Historic clydach social club the mond is closing after more than 100 years. Cwmclydach primary clydach vale data cwmclydach primary is located in clydach vale, tonypandy and falls under the local authority of rhondda, cynon, taff.
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