Sculptor Robert Thomas has the privilege of having 4 of his works in Cardiff Queen Street, including The Miner.
Why are there so very few monuments to miners in places like the Valleys where mining shaped a whole community ?
Other places in Wales do it.
David Annand’s ‘The Arc - y Bwa’ sculpture in the middle of Wrexham is a worthy reminder of Wrexham’s industrial heritage.
What has Aberdare got ? Some old rusty pit winding gear at places like Cwmdare (Nant y Melyn) and Mountain Ash (Deep Duffryn).
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A series of pencil drawings of the Aberdare Valley have been commended as Welsh “hidden treasures”.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is delighted and proud to be the owners of the 1827-1828 drawings, which are the work of Emma and Lucy Bacon, daughters of the celebrated ironmaster Anthony Bacon.
Previously homed in Aberdare Library and now in the possession of the Cynon Valley Museum, the pictures are so special, they were short listed from numerous entries from across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the Hidden Treasures Brought To Life competition.
While the Welsh section of the competition was won by Conwy, which will now have its “hidden treasures” placed online for the nation to enjoy, the competition has once again highlighted the heritage, history and culture that...
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The walls of the Disgwylfa Chapel in Merthyr Vale slowly crumble.
Cement and render peel away revealing the stone foundation underneath.
This Chapel was built one hundred years ago.
On this the Centenary year since it was built it seems to be ‘giving up the ghost’.
There is an eerie, ghost-like quality to this grimey old Valleys Chapel.
The Chapel is situated adjacent to the small village post office.
It is not difficult to imagine the former glories of this Chapel or what contribution it made to this village.
Climb the embankment a few feet from the Chapel and you can see the familiar site of a cemetery.
Therein lie the children’s graves in the nearby village of Aberfan.
Thousands of these Chapel buildings were built in Wales during the past two to three hundred years....
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