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High Street

Merthyr Tydfil

 

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

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The General Hospital 

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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)

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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.

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Penydarren House, from Foreman Place.

Garth Cottages

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Penydarren House and the rear of Park Place.

 
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.
 
 
 

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

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

King Edward the 8th at the Labour Exchange.

(Photograph by Mrs Lilian Snow, Upper Thomas Street, courtesy of  Anita Farrell)

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The War Memorial.

 

 

 The YMCA building, Pontmorlais

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Pontmorlais Circus

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         PHOTOGRAPHS OF PONTMORLAIS
 
The Palace Cinema in 1946.