Many of us will not remember the Blind Cobbler Mr. Evan Hughes who plied his trade from the "old" Dunraven public house which is now part of Cwmgwrach Rugby Club. There are not many people who can turn around a life changing war injury and make a success of a new...
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...
Introduction: This is a video of the History of the Cwmgwrach and Aberpergwm pit head bath's in pictures. Both bath's were built in 1939 and were demolished, on the closure of the pits, in 1986. YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I6u4-xpNdk Resources and...