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Cyfarthfa Castle and the Park |
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Merthyr Tydfil |
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Cyfarthfa Castle, built in 1825 by William Crawshay. It cost £30,000
and was home to the Crawshay's until 1889. Merthyr Tydfil Corporation bought it in 1909, and it was turned into a school and museum. |
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Cyfarthfa
Park.
(Postcard
Courtesy of Mr Clive Bevan)
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| Cyfarthfa Park - Aerial
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Cyfarthfa Castle - A Penry
Williams' Painting.
(Courtesy of the
Kenneth J. Gunter Collection) |
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| Cyfarthfa Castle - Aerial View |
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Cyfarthfa Ironworkers welcoming
home Robert Crawshay after his stay in Hospital,
in the hope that
this show of affection would encourage him to re-open the Ironworks - 1877. Robert thanked them but added
"The tie between them was broken and Cyfarthfa would never again become a scene activity in
his time." |
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'Thousands Saw the Park Gates
Opened'
After Merthyr Council purchased
the Castle and Park.
(From the Merthyr
Express) |
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Cyfarthfa Castle.
(Photograph
Courtesy of the Kenneth J Gunter Collection) |
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Opening of Cyfarthfa Museum. 17 September 1910
(courtesy of Malcolm Davies)
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| A Carriage belonging to the
Crawshay's |
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| Cyfarthfa Castle - Merthyr
Tydfil |
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Cyfarthfa Castle.
(Courtesy of John Hurkett, of Cornwall; he was an evacuee at Merthyr Tydfil,
from Maidstone, during the war.) |
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| Cyfarthfa Castle - Flower Bed -
The Salvation Army. |
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Cyfarthfa Castle
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Cyfarthfa Castle
(Photograph
courtesy Martin Sullivan) |
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Cyfarthfa Castle
(Photograph
courtesy of Martin Sullivan) |
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Cyfarthfa Castle
(Photograph
courtesy of Martin Sullivan) |
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Cyfarthfa Castle
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Cyfarthfa Castle in the Snow
(Photograph
courtesy of Glyn Bowen) |
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The Flower
Garden.
(Postcard Courtesy Of The Leo Davies
Collection)
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| The Greenhouse. |
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The Bowling
Green.
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World War
One
Tank. between the wars, this tank was displayed near the Gwaelodygarth
Gates.
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The Tank |
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The
approach from Gwaelodygarth
(Postcard
Courtesy of the Leo Davies Collection) |
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Cyfarthfa Park - The Flower
Gardens
(Photograph
Courtesy of Carl Llewellyn) |
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Cyfarthfa
Park, The Summer House
(Courtesy of Clive Bevan.)
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The Summer
House.
(Postcard Courtesy Of The Leo Davies
Collection.)
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The Tea
House. The Chalet.
(Postcard Courtesy Of The Leo
Davies Collection.)
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Cyfarthfa Park - The Chalet -
1972
(Photographs
Courtesy of Julia Powell) |
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Cyfarthfa Park - The Chalet -
1946
(Photographs
Courtesy of The John Owen Collection) |
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Rustic
Walk.
(Postcard Courtesy Of The Leo Davies
Collection.)
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The
Bandstand.
In it's original position, opposite where the swings used
to be.
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Band at the Cyfarthfa Castle
Bandstand
(Photograph
Courtesy of Susan Kelly) |
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| Cyfarthfa Bandstand. |
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A Pretty
Scene.
(Courtesy of the Leo Davies Collection.)
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Under the Beeches.
(Postcard courtesy
of Mrs Gill Thomas, West Grove) |
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Cyfarthfa Castle from the Lake
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| Possibly an early Fete and Gala. |
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Boating on the Lake in the
1960's
Martyn Evans weeding and Gary
Pickett rowing, helping out with lake maintenance after school and at
weekends. |
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Cyfarthfa Castle
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