Construction of the Taff Fawr Bridge in Cefn Coed

(Photograph courtesy of Jimmy Brown via John Cureton, copyright of John Yates)

A465 Celebration Drink

On completion of the bridge at Cefn Coed, July 1964, a barrel of beer was brought on site, no glasses, just milk bottles and jam jars to drink out of.

Jimmy Brown from the Gurnos is in the centre next to Olly Sims from Twynyrodyn, no other names known.

(Photograph courtesy of Jimmy Brown via John Cureton, copyright John Yates)

Building the Heads of the Valleys bridge over the Taff Fawr

(Photographs copyright of John Yates)

Building the Heads of the Valleys bridge over the Taff Fechan

(Photographs copyright of John Yates)