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The Quar |
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Merthyr Tydfil |
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Quar is a spelling
variation: Cwar means a 'quarry'. The limestone quarry was in
an area near the present-day Brecon Road. This is a district of old
housing and 'The Quar' was mentioned as a place name as early as
1837 in the Parish Registers of St Tydfil's Church, although the
later census names it Quarry Street. Streets here are Morgan Street, Margaret Street, Pleasant View, Mount Street,
Mount Terrace, Castle Square,
Church Street, Miles Street, Pleasant View, Tydfil Terrace, Well
Street and Grawen
Terrace. This district developed as housing for key skilled workers
at the Cyfarthfa Ironworks. The houses were of an exceptionally high
standard for their period and were originally inhabited by workers
in the Ironworks, puddlers, rollers, iron straighteners and so on.
There is a mixture here of old stone cottages and later mid
nineteenth century red brick terraced houses. At first the
properties took their water from a nearby well but a housing survey
of 1866 reveals that by this time they all had a good piped water
supply and 'modern' amenities. The community here had two small
shops. Herbie's fish and chip shop and Powell's shop are the
businesses which will be remembered by many. The excellent public
house here is the Rose & Crown which has had a long history and
serves traditional ale. There is an Anglican Church here which was
built in the 1850s near the site of an ancient well dedicated to
Saint Tydfil; therefore the Church took the name St Tydfil's Well
Church. This church is still flourishing and is linked to the parish
church of Christ Church. Cyfarthfa. Unlike many key areas of old
workers' housing in Merthyr Tydfil, this district has remained
virtually unaltered and there has been little demolition of older
properties.
C.J. |
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Aerial view of the Quar. 1945 |
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Gomer, Nellie and Ivor Harris,
outside their house, 11, Well Street, Quar. 1922
(Photograph
courtesy of Nellie's grandson Barrie Cledsmith) |
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| Margaret Street in the 1960s. |
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| Pleasant View, The Quar - 1970's. |
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Festival of Britain Street
Party 1951. Mount
Street |
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Festival of
Britain Street Party 1951.
L-R: Mrs Hourihan, ?, ?, ?, Mrs Element, Eira Beynon, ?, Roy Tasker.
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop") |
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Festival of
Britain Street Party 1951.
Second from
left Mrs Davies "the Papers" from Mount Terrace.
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop") |
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Festival of
Britain Street Party 1951.
L-R: ,?, Mrs Sullivan, Lily Rees, ?, Phyllis Willmot, Violet Davies, ?, ?, ?.
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop"), (Linda
Frowd Nee Hodges filled in some names. Nov 2010). |
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Festival of
Britain Street Party 1951.
L-R: Back Row: ?, Mrs Gliddon, ?, Eira Beynon, Mrs Pound,
Mrs Treen, ?, Mrs Hourihan, Mrs Iris Goldsmith
Front Row: Mrs Margaret Hale (nee Hodges), ?, Mrs Pritchard, Martha Edwards, Mrs Element.
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop", and Tania
Oakes for additional names) |
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Festival of
Britain Street Party 1951.
Back Row L-R :-
Front Row L-R :- Elaine
Hodges, ?, Christine Thomas, ? (Nurse), Ashleigh Hodges
(Pirate), Glenys Thomas, Geoffrey Hodges (Baker), ?, ?, Maureen Solomon,
Cheryl Sankey (Little Bo Peep), ?, ?
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop",
additional names courtesy of Tania Oakes), (Linda Frowd Nee Hodges filled in some names. Nov 2010). |
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Festival of
Britain Street Party 1951.
L-R:
Mrs Dean, Olwen Hodges, Martha Edwards, ?, Ivy Morgan, Eirwen Sankey, Mrs Treen.
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop"), (Linda
Frowd Nee Hodges filled in some names. Nov 2010). |
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Festival of
Britain Street Party 1951.
L-R: Stephine ?, Brian Soloman, ?, Alan Morgan, ?, ?, Marion Thomas, Yvonne Davies, ?, Cheryl Sankey.
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop",
additional names courtesy of Tania Oakes) |
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Festival Of Britain Street
Party, Church Street - 1951
Gillian Dean, Carole Pound,
Shirley Davies,
Christine Sullivan, ?,
Sandra
Goldsmith, ?, Judith Jones, Janet Hourihan.
(Photograph
courtesy of Julia Powell). |
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Festival of
Britain Street Party 1951.
Names as above
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop") |
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Festival of
Britain Party, Quar Church Hall 1951.
L-R: Gillian Dean, ?, Carol Pound, Shirley Davies.
(Photograph from the Collection of "Milly the Fishshop") |
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Festival of
Britain Party Quar Church Hall 1951.
(Photograph Courtesy of Julie Powell) |
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Coronation
Street Party 1953.
L-R: Back Row: ?, Mrs Hughes, Phyllis George, ?, ?, Mrs
Sweet, ?, ?, Doris Morgan, Mrs Watkins, Colette Burns, ?,
Jean Simmonds, Mrs Rowlands, ?, Marion Cope(& Peter), Rosie Davies.
Front Row: David Morgan, John Vale, Malcolm Sweet, Carl Rowlands,
Diane Thomas, Susan Lane, ?,
Micheal Long, ?, ?.
These two
Photographs was taken in Cross Margaret Street. |
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L- R
Back Row: ?, Pam Davies, Audrey
Watkins, Brenda George, Roy Horton.
Middle Row: David Thomas, Gareth Rowlands, ?, ?, ?.
Front Row: Elaine ?, ?, ?, ?, Alan
George, Gary Rowlands, ?, Harvey Lloyd, ?. |
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Well Street - Coronation Party
- 1953
Top Left Corner
:- Mrs Pat Solomon
Two Ladies
Standing Together :- ?, Mrs Brown
Seated Back Row
L-R :- Glenys Thomas, Christine Thomas, Maureen Solomon, Marion Thomas,
?, Alan Morgan, ?, ?, ?
Far Right
Standing :- Mrs Cora Ellis
Seated Front
Row L-R :- Gillian ?, ?, ?, Tania Hale, Pamela Brown, Malcom Brown
(Photograph
Courtesy of Christine Broom (nee Thomas), Additional names courtesy of Tania
Oakes) |
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| St Tydfil's Well Church |
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St Tydfil's Well Church Hall.
(Does anyone have any information
about this photograph ?) |
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Castle Square. |
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The Rose & Crown
(Photograph
Courtesy of David Watkins)
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Grawen Terrace - 1970's.
Norman Davies strolling the hill. |
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