King Arthur sleeps under the Dinas Rock:

King Arthur sleeps under the Dinas Rock:

Introduction: The story of King Arthur sleeping under the Dinas Rock is a very old story. I included this story in the Gwrachtimeline Magazine we created for the Historical Showcase back in April 2023. As we only made 50 copies of the magazine I guess there are still...

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Fairies of Neath Vale:

Fairies of Neath Vale:

Introduction: I recently found an article on the “Fairies of Neath Vale” whilst searching the British Newspaper Archive. The article was in the The Cambrian newspaper on the 21st August 1891 under the heading The Fairies of Neath Vale, with a sub heading of Roman and...

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Memories of Cwmgwrach and Aberpergwm Pit head bath’s:

Memories of Cwmgwrach and Aberpergwm Pit head bath’s:

Introduction: The Pit head baths' were built in 1939 and were demolished in 19986, and therefore was in use by the miners and sometimes the people of the village for a total of 47 years. In this time many memories of the bath's were made, the older generation can...

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