Rhondda Social History
Rhondda Social History aims to record as much social history of life in the valleys as possible. Not only the coal period but the decades before and after.
Website established June 2024.
A Random Piece of History for you...
Steam train heading into the Rhondda Tunnel at Blaencwm. Year unknown.
In modern times there is a drive to reopen the tunnel, for further information visit: Rhondda Tunnel Society.
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The steam loco going into the tunnel is a Hawkesworth 94XX 0-6-0PT. At least one of the wagons still has its maker’s plate on the end. This wagon was probably built before the Great War. As the loco has the post-1957 “heraldic device” on her tanks, this film was either taken in late 1950s or early 1960s.