Rhondda Social History

Blaencwm

Ron Berry

Ron Berry was born in 1920 in Blaencwm in the Rhondda Valley, and he worked as a miner from the age of fourteen. Although he served in both the Army

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1917, Full Military Honors

Printed 17 March 1917 Private Benjamin Jenkins, South Lancashire Regiment; who died in hospital in England, was interred at Treorchy Cemetery on Saturday, the 3rd inst., with full military honours.

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1915, Man Found Dead in River

Printed 18 December 1915. Treorchy inquest.Deaf Mute’s Fate. Mr. R. J. Rhys, district coroner, on Monday afternoon, at the Treorchy Institute, inquired into the circumstances attending the death of a

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1908, Horse and Cart Unattended

Printed 29 February 1908. Richard Tucker, grocer, Gelli, was fined 5s for leaving his horse and cart unattended outside the Hendrewen Hotel, Blaencwm. Thomas Wilmington, Gelli, was summoned for leaving

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