Below you can see a selection of Newspaper Clipping from The Neath Guardian written over the lifetime of the Band. 1974 1975 Cimla 5 Dec 1975 1976
Cwmgwrach Minorettes Newspaper Clippings
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Cwmgwrach Minorettes Jazz Band
One of the most successful groups in the village in the last 50 years are the Cwmgwrach Minorettes Jazz Band. In the 70’s and 80’s there where many Jazz Bands formed in the mining communities of the UK, probably caused by the lack of things to do in these areas, and...
Melin Clun-y-Bont
Drawing by David Williams There is only a short mention of this mill in "The History of the Vale of Neath" by D. Rhys Philips. It mentions that the mill dates back as early as the 16th century as a manor mill, and lasted as a three story building until the death of...