Gwaunfarren Baths
Merthyr Tydfil.
Gwaunfarren Swimming Pool.
Before the Baths were built, there was an open air Swimming Pool.
'Interior of the Old Baths in 1891'
From the Merthyr Express dated 5th July 1924.
(Photograph Courtesy of Carl Llewellyn, from the Merthyr Express)
'Suicide at Gwaunfarren Baths' - 1908
(From the Merthyr Express and Courtesy of Antonia Davis)
(Photograph Courtesy of Pat Lane)
George Alban with his Swimming Medals and Cups.
The Corporation Baths.
(Postcard courtesy of Mrs Gill Thomas, West Grove.)
Merthyr Swimming Club.
(Photograph Courtesy of Mervyn Evans)
Percy John Coombes.
Cup winner 1902 - 1903 - 1904.
(Photograph Courtesy of Mervyn Evans, Percy's Great Grandson)
'Young Stephen Wins Welsh Swimming Title'
(From the Merthyr Express, Courtesy of Stephen Kerrigan)
Baths General Manager - Hugh Kerrigan
(Photograph Courtesy of Stephen Kerrigan)
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