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Also featured on the design is a tunnel arch for the railway station and the line that used to run through the mountain exiting in the Afan Valley. Through the tunnel you can see the wonderful surrounding mountains and forestry with the future of wind turbines. The Welsh school in Maesteg was established in 1947 in Yr Aelwyd, Commercial Street, Maesteg as a voluntary nursary school as part of a campaign to prove to the authorities a demand for a Welsh medium education in the area. In 1949 it transferred to the vestry of Bethania Welsh Baptist Chapel in Maesteg and, as some children were of school age, qualified staff were appointed including its first headteacher, Miss Nansi Roberts, a pioneer of Welsh medium education. ............................." Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (1888–1956), politician, stipendiary magistrate and first director of the Welsh Region BBC I was born in Ivy House - first on the right in Talbot Terrace. My sister Sally now lives in the same street. I don't remember much before four and half years of age. I lived in that house with my grandfather, Demetrie Cambettie the 'hire and fire man' for all the mines in the Llynfi valley, my grandmother, Blodwen. My auntie Eurex and her five kids, Mair, Elfed, Gareth, Beti and Huw, my father Hector, mother Nansi and two siblings at the time, Philip and Sally.

Welsh Government funding is also supporting the phased roll out of Flying Start provision across the county borough, with Caerau being one of the areas that will be targeted by the initiative. Primary and secondary education is available through the medium of Welsh, there are Welsh-language chapels, and the headquarters of Menter yr Iaith Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr is based in the town. The Welsh-language author and Welsh-medium education campaigner Norah Isaac was born and raised in Caerau. She was described as 'the most influential individual in the history of Welsh-medium education' by Iolo Wyn Williams in his book Our Children's Language: The Welsh-Medium Schools of Wales, 1939-2000. Wales' first ever Welsh-language nursery was opened in Maesteg in 1949. But it's also isolated. Those same views can cut you off, and are getting harder to access along the old walking trails, residents say. And it's a village which has been betrayed and treated badly in the past - not only by those who offered to improve people's homes for free and just made them worse in a scandal which is still not over, but by the wider economic and social picture in Wales that's seen areas like Caerau fare worse than others when it comes to deprivation. We can't do much about it, but there's work going on on one of the mountains with a holiday park going up there. We did used to use that mountain to walk our dogs on it, but since work has taken place we've not been able to do that, and a lot of the countryside is very difficult to reach on foot. Knotweed: The unstoppable scourge of British gardens". The Daily Telegraph. 17 September 2016 . Retrieved 9 November 2018.

Between 1890 and 1925, the valley gained a worldwide reputation as a producer of Admiralty-grade steam coal, high quality coking coal and what was regarded as the best house coal in South Wales. Due to the quality of the steam coal, North's Imperial Navigation coal was included on the prestigious Admiralty List of the twenty–six best Welsh steam coals. In 1908, the Cunard liner Mauretania was entirely fired by Llynfi coal when the ship established a new record for crossing the Atlantic. By the early 1920s there were over 7,000 miners at work in the valley. However, as the area depended to such a large extent on the coal export trade, it was seriously affected by the trade depression of 1928–38. [13] During that period of acute poverty and large-scale unemployment, the population of the Llynfi Valley decreased by almost a third as many left the district to seek employment in the new light industries growing up in areas such as West London and the English Midlands. We are trying to get information about MEGAN PRICE she was born at home to PERCY PRICE and EDITH PRICE 0N 12TH AUGUST 1917at 8 PLEASANT VIEW ,BRYNMENYN,BRIDGEND.We believe she had sisters and EDITH died in 1919. Looking for info on Thomas Gower b Pembrey c1838 died Texas 1910. In 1871 Census wife Elizabeth is living with 5 children in Ty'n y Wern,(near to Charles Row and River Row) with note "husband in Russia". I am sure Thomas was one of the 100 or so Welsh miners and ironworkers sailed with John Hughes in 1870 to found iron/steel/coal centre of Hughesovska (now Donetsk) in the Ukraine. He returned 3 years later. I have spent years investigating but have never been able to find a trace of him in any records. Any info gratefully received. Lots of local footpaths to get out into the natural spaces have also been left to get overgrown and we can't use them which is a shame because the countryside here is really important. Paul Davies, who lives in Caerau and is also a councillor for Maesteg Town Council, said: "One of the main things I think we need is a better bus route so that more people can travel out into urban areas like Bridgend to work. Or then go out to places like Swansea or Cardiff.

The completed street art graffiti in Caerau, designed to brighten the area and represent what makes the village special. (Image: John Myers)Thomas Christopher Evans (11 April 1887). "History of Llangynwyd Parish ..." Printed at the "Llanellyand County Guardian" Office . Retrieved 11 April 2018– via Internet Archive. Maesteg Market was situated at the ground floor level of Maesteg Town Hall and offered a variety of goods until the final stallholder left in 2018. [16] Transport [ edit ] Railway [ edit ]

The employability programme is designed to help those aged 16 years and over who are unemployed, are looking for more hours, a second or new job. The programme sources vocational qualifications, volunteering opportunities, as well as offers an opportunity to develop personal skills. Hi, I'm looking for Owen Lloyd Jones, born c1913 in Maesteg. He married Edith Churchill. His parents were Daffydd Jones and Elizabeth unknown.Maesteg had to survive a 20-minute battering by Neath but held on to carve their niche in rugby history.