Hirwaun ballet dancer Katie Thomas is celebrating after winning a place at a prestigious ballet school.
The 10 year old has been a pupil at the Mandy and Shirley Morris Ballet School in Aberdare for 7 years. Katie and a fellow pupil Amelia Hancock (Cardiff) have been awarded one of a handful of places on [...]...
The most popular photos on Aberdare Blog for the past week have been those of Tabernacle Chapel, Aberystwyth.
Sadly the Chapel was destroyed in a great fire and subsequently demolished last Saturday.
This is such a waste. But perhaps we can draw a useful lesson from Aberystwyth by looking at our own communities and considering the empty buildings on our own doorstep!
We draw your attention today to a magnificent building several times larger than Tabernacle Chapel, Aberystwyth… the old school on the outskirts of Aberdare.
It was the old Welsh junior school - Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Ynyslwyd - before this school closed and moved to Cwmdare.
The photos (below) were taken in 2006. Click the photo thumbnails for larger versions.
Today the old school windows are boarded-up.
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