The Macmillan Walk takes place today … all ten miles from Hirwaun Rugby Club to Abercynon.
Hundreds of people met at the War Memorial in the centre of Hirwaun for the official start.
Walkers then embarked in stages.
The familiar tooting of horns and cheers of support can be heard as the walkers pass Penywaun hill.
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Aberdare Blog started as an experiment in communicating views of Aberdare and views from Aberdare. It remains an experiment in communication open to participation. Jane from Mountain Ash blogged the lead story on the Mountain Ash Opencast plans this week. Why not blog your own story from Aberdare today ?
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A little over two hundred years ago saw the first steam locomotive haul a load on rails. Cornish Engineer Richard Trevithick’s steam locomotive ran with five wagons for five miles along the rail tramroad, from Penydarren to Navigation, Abercynon, with 70 men and 10 tons of iron on board. It was a historic journey.
What were the thoughts of the people who witnessed this noisy iron monster ?
Did they feel in awe of this spectacte and terrified by the sight ?
The Cambrian Newspaper commented on Trevithick’s terrific invention thus : “It is not doubted but that the number of horses in the kingdom will be very considerably reduced, and the machine, in the hands of the present proprietors, will be made use of in a thousand instances never yet thought of for an......
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Wandering around Abercynon a year ago we were struck by a small post office in Glancynon Terrace. The street scene we stumbled upon seemed like a typical scene from the post-modern South Wales Valleys. The terraced houses knitted together tightly with so very few shops… a newsagents on the corner, a chinese take-away, and - thank the heavens! - a friendly post office.
Now fast forward a year to the news announcing the list of Post Offices that the powers-that-be would like to close in Glamorgan and the Valleys. On that list is poor old Glancynon Post Office, in the village of Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf. It’s almost like putting the heart of the village on Death Row for the Post Office is at the heart of the village.
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Having passed this Church at the top of the Abercynon hill on so many occasions, it was good to stay awhile and take some photos.
Our timing was perfect as we bumped into the Reverend Joy Owen who kindly invited us to step inside Moriah Baptist Church and take a look around.
“Wow” was our reaction, what a splendid Church for worship.
Moriah Baptist Church is on Mountain Ash Road, Abercynon.
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St Thomas Catholic Church in Abercynon : A startling pink Catholic Church.
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Cynon Valley Mencap Society annual Christmas Party held at Abercynon on Saturday 9th December. Attended by the Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taff Council Cllr. Joyce Cass & Santa.
Photograph : Mrs. Lyn England welcomes the Mayor to the party on behalf of the Society
Photo by John Rees.
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