As part of an ‘Exhibition of Steam’ on Sunday 6th October 1991 a steam train made the journey from Cardiff to Treherbert. Filmed by Sean James Cameron on VHS.
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.
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
Printed 29 August 1903. The manner in which some walking matches are arranged was explained in the case in which Evan Thomas, landlord of the Hendrewen Hotel, Treherbert, was charged with a
Printed 16 June 1890. It is stated that the work of arching the unlined portions, about 700 yards in length, is being carried on most expeditiously, and will be completed
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.
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.