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of Merthyr Town in the 1960's before major alterations.

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The County School from Penyard


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The General Hospital

Statue of Sir W T Lewis at the front of the General Hospital.

W T Lewis later Baron Merthyr of Senghenydd funded the building of the fountain

at the lower end of the High St. This commemorated the development of the South

Wales Steam Coal trade by his grandparents Robert and Lucy Thomas of Waunwyllt.

(Clive Davies of Penydarren, informs us that this statue is now situated at the entrance

to St Tydfils Hospital).

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GENERAL HOSPITAL PHOTOGRAPHS

The General Hospital. (Photograph courtesy of the Leo Davies Collection)			The General Hospital. (Photograph courtesy of Martin Sullivan)

The General Hospital in 1976

(Photograph courtesy of the David Thomas collection)

The Old Cottage (Previously a Toll House) at the lower end of the Avenue c.1900.

General Hospital and area

This photograph taken in the 1960's, from Queens Road, also shows the old Morman church

in the foreground.

The road to Penydarren House.

Penydarren House, from Foreman Place.

Garth Cottages

Penydarren House and the rear of Park Place.

26 Park Place - R Morgan - Stationer & Tobacconist

Park Place, to the right is the up-market sweet shop... The Dorothy.

John Lewis & Co. The Rink Garage - 1946.

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JOHN LEWIS & Co.

The Rink Garage in the 1960's.

The Theatre Royal from the Promenade.

			A Crowd outside the Theatre Royal in the 1920s. Photograph from the Merthyr Express.

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Theatre Royal And Promenade. Postcard Courtesy Of The Leo Davies Collection

D.W. Evans - Fruiterers Early 1900's.

The Penydarren End, in 1995 then called the 'The Pen End'

The Landord at that time was the now late Neil Kendall.

(Photograph from the David Thomas Collection)

	The Nelson Inn 1922. Landlord William Evans on doorstep.
			The Nelson Inn 1946.

	King Edward the 8th at the Labour Exchange. (Photograph by Mrs Lilian Snow, Upper Thomas Street, courtesy of Anita Farrell)
			Labour Exchange Staff Photograph courtesy of Barrie Cledsmith)

The Express Cafe in 1970s.

The War Memorial.

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The YMCA building, Pontmorlais



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Pontmorlais Circus

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF PONTMORLAIS

The Old Taff Vale Brewery Building - 1991

Seen here from the present day Pontmorlais car park.

(Photograph Courtesy of Dale Miles)

The Palace Cinema in 1946.

Palace Cinema Advert 1937

Pontmorlais P-Seal Goldsmiths

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