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Candidates for the Local Council Elections on May 1st are all now formally......

The next Meeting of the Rhigos and Penderyn Partnerships and Communities Together (PACT) will be held at 7pm on 7th March 2008 at Rhigos Community Centre. This month’s priorities are : 1. Traffic congestion at Penderyn Primary school 2. Youth Annoyance - Heol-y-de Rhigos All welcome. For an opportunity to find out how police and partners worked on [...]...

Photos are now in the Gallery of of Bethel (Wesleyan Methodist) Chapel, Mount Road, Cefn Rhigos, near Hirwaun. Built in 1839 in the northernmost reaches of the Cynon Valley, in the quiet rural village of Rhigos. There is seating for 120. The design is plain and simple. Surely that is the hallmark of good design and a recipe for Chapel longevity ? How many of the Chapels of Cynon Valley, and indeed, Wales, have closed due to the huge costs of maintaining complex building structure......

The Story of Tower Colliery reaches far beyond the village of Hirwaun and beyond the borders of Wales. Many people have family connections and memories of Tower Colliery My uncle Danny Jones died as a result of the 1962 Tower Colliery accident and some of my other uncles worked at Tower Colliery, writes June Withers. I [...]...

Now that Tower Colliery has finally closed, the new language that has been incubating there during the past thirteen or so years finally emerges. Tyrone O’Sullivan and Tower Colliery shareholders now speak the language of business development and exploitation, the language of managers of men and land, of balance sheets, profit and bottom lines. Over the past year or so, stories have been drip-fed via the corporate press about possible developments at the Tower site after its closure, including entrepreneurial-sounding visions for a waste processing plant, a housing and retail development, a museum and a range of other schemes. There has been much talk about creating “sustainable jobs” at the former Colliery site, but one is skeptical of this type of lofty talk. The...

Here’s a video clip of a paraglider ‘jumping off’ Rhigos Mountain yesterday. It’s near Craig y Llyn, the highest summit in Glamorgan. There are splendid views of Rhigos and Hirwaun from this lofty ledge. Tower Colliery is nearby, although it it expected to close this month. Jill Evans, Plaid Cymru’s Candidate for Rhondda in the National Assembly Elections, chose this location to give a press conference yesterday. The following statement was issued on behalf of Jill Evans’ office : “Plaid Cymru firmly believes that urgent and effective action is needed to tackle climate change. But the top priority must be given to energy conservation and efficiency. Then, renewable energy must come from several sources – hydro, solar, bio-mass and wind....

Photographs of the interior of the refurbished Hirwaun Scout Hall are now available in your Hirwaun Online Photograph Gallery section. The photographs were taken at the recent ceremony to unveil a plaque and officially re-open Hirwaun Scout Hall after a work was undertaken funded by a grant from Amgen Environmental Body (AEB) Ltd. Amgen is an organisation set up under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme and was designed to allow Landfill Operators an opportunity to re-invest in their local communities and surrounding areas. Early in 2006 a project application to obtain funding for the complete refurbishment of the hall was received by AEB from the Officers of the Hirwaun Scouts Hall. The hall is used for many activities including scouts, cubs and beavers etc. After initial site visits were...

A new operator - Clarkes Coaches of Tredegar - has taken over the operation of the Aberdare-Rhigos Rail Link bus service (from December 11, 2006) to coincide with the start of the 2006/07 Winter rail timetable. This service provides residents in the Upper Cynon Valley with a dedicated link and through ticketing to the rail network at Aberdare. Because of the changes to the rail timetable, some changes are also being made to the times of the rail link buses. For more information on bus and train times, please call Traveline on 0870 6082608 buses, bus service, link bus, rail link, rail network, rail timetable, rhigos, train times,...