Wasn't quite sure if I was supposed to attend the comicon or take out the shield generators arriving into #Merthyr this morning!
#merthyr
More than half of people in #Merthyr aren't #Recycling their #FoodWaste https://buff.ly/4j6Sss3
#BigBadger1 said he wouldn't be surprised if the figures were even lower around the UK, but there's little accurate monitoring of this.
"On our debut episode, we sit down with a local #Merthyr lad to speak about a little event that happened 193 years ago - the first working-class revolution of #Wales. Merthyr Rising, famed for being where the red flag first flew over the heads of the working classes, is purposefully misunderstood and sanitised in our history books."
#Cymru #YSerenGoch #PlaidGomiwnyddolCymru
https://shows.acast.com/y-seren-goch/episodes/the-merthyr-rising
The town of #Merthyr has been infected with this toxic bag of gammonous shite today. Can someone please escort it back over the border before it spreads any further. We really don't need this in Wales (or anywhere else). #Farage #IdRatherEatMyOwnHeadThanVoteForIt.
Picture of Dowlais Cae Harris engine shed north-east of Merthyr, thought to be taken between 1957 and 1964.
Opened by the Rhymney Railway in 1876 it was closed by BR in 1964.
During early BR days the shed was large enough to house no fewer than 8 of the ubiquitous Class 56xx 0-6-2T locomotives.
Photo: W.A. Camwell
Read much more about the shed on this Stephenson Locomotive Society page:
An excellent array of Brecon and Merthyr Railway photographs drawn from a number of collections.
But historical and locomotive information is contained in the earlier Volume 1, meaning extra expense if that is required.
Review: ‘Railways and Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr: Merthyr to Pontsticill and Brecon’ by John Hodge and Ray Caxton
It was sometimes said of the Brecon & Merthyr Rly that it was better to travel than to arrive!Photos in this book show why!
This is the final part of Hodge & Caston’s portrait of the B&M which covers the northern section.
But you'll need Vol 1 for background.
Our review (text/audio): ‘Railways & Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr: Merthyr - Pontsticill Jct - Brecon’ by J. Hodge & R. Caston from Pen & Sword
🤙 Ni fydd #EE yn cynnal eu gwasanaeth #Cymraeg ym Merthyr Tudful os nad oes galw, felly OGyDda sicrhewch nad oes #HSBC arall yn digwydd drwy rannu’r isod at sylw holl ddefnyddwyr Cymraeg ee ⚠️
: Ddim yn aberth rhy fawr yw hi? #Merthyr
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Had to remind EE’s customer service of their Welsh-language service today. Please do so too by texting:
Cymraeg
to 150 from your #EE mobile. Diolch
Unrhywun wedi llwyddo cael galwad nôl gan dîm #Cymraeg #ee ym #Merthyr Tudful yn ddiweddar? @cymdeithas
Interesting thread here (on t'other place, soz) re. removing barriers on #cycle trails in #Merthyr: https://twitter.com/active_wheels/status/1682663307021279232?s=20
Note the police response was to recommend retaining *and expanding* an illegal and discriminatory barrier to save them actively enforcing the law. Thankfully the council has rejected this 'advice'. (But the original consultation was years ago - I saw my own comment quoted - and now they're consulting AGAIN on replacement.) 😞 #activetravel
@gruff Great article-some beautiful country/seaside places are kept intentionally poor. Rural Wales & English North- #BishopAuckland like #Merthyr-a long high street of misery-closed shops & dealers prowling in blacked out cars. #Ely “NGO income from donations, grants and partnerships with the state has dried up just at the point at which demand has never been higher. Nationally, for example, donations to foodbanks have fallen to the point that they have had to buy food directly.”
The iron masters build huge castles, their workers live in poverty and squalour. In 1831, the town of Merthyr Tydfil decides enough is enough. http://mybook.to/GiveUsThisDay The fight for a living wage in the Welsh valleys @bookstodon @bookstadon #Reading #Readers
#ReadingCommunity #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove #Book #Books #BoostingIsSharing #writing #history #historicalfiction #Wales #socialhistory #strikes #Merthyr
The authors cover the old Merthyr Tramroads and the locomotives which traversed them in meticulous detail.
What stands out is the invention and imagination shown in the designs of the locomotives used, including a hybrid friction and rack & pinion engine!
See our review: ‘Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives’ by Gordon Rattenbury and M.J.T. Lewis
Leaving Govilon heading west, the Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway climbed for 7 miles across bridges, viaducts and rock ledges on gradients up to 1 in 38.
After Brynmawr the line rarely dipped below 1200ft above sea level all the way to Merthyr!
See our review: ‘Abergavenny to Merthyr (Including the Ebbw Vale Branch)’ by David Edge
A profile of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway as it passes through different landscapes in its middle section.
For historical and locomotive information about the railway, however, you will need to also buy Book 1.
Review: ‘Railways & Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr: Bargoed to Pontsticill, Pant to Dowlais’ by John Hodge and Ray Caston.
Whew. What a weekend!! Three days, multiple acts, all under a tent around the famous fountain in Merthyr Tydfil. Just a selection of my pics from the Unreal Festival by The New Crown. Incredibly grateful to the team, organisers, everyone who turned out (and braved the rain last night!) Images taken from The New Crown page hence the watermark (images were backed up on their system)
#gigs #photography #photographer #musicphotographer #merthyr
Two spaces left for Mother's Day tomorrow at The New Windsor Hotel & Bar in Merthyr Vale. Room for 6 - 8 people at 12:30pm and 6 - 8 people at 3pm. Two courses for £14.95 - grab the offer while you can!
For people in the Merthyr Vale / surrounding areas, Windsor Hotel and Bar are reopening their restaurant soon. The restaurant is currently under refurbishment, but function room and rooms are available to book. Perfect for cycling enthusiasts as it's near BikePark Wales.
https://www.facebook.com/WindsorHotelUK
#merthyrvale #Merthyr #hotelsinwales #wales #cyclingenthusiasts #welshattractions
Fascinating 1905 Railway Clearing House map of Merthyr and Dowlais showing the mix of intense competition and cooperation between companies for lucrative heavy goods traffic.
No fewer than five companies served Merthyr, either individually or jointly!
The severe geographic constraints created some odd bedfellows as railways compromised to gain a share of the traffic.
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