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Urban Street - 1960s

(Photograph Courtesy of Tom Hier)

Penybryn - In the early 1900's

Speroni's Ice Cream cart.

Charlie Speroni standing by the horse. His sister, Guy Speroni in the background.

Gellifaelog Road - From the bottom of New Road

Tommy Griffs garage at bottom of New road.

Tommy lived in the Welsh Harp Inn ,Berry Square, Dowlais. Compare the number of houses behind the garage to

the number in the previous photo. Many years earlier several houses fell into the culvert that collapsed under the properties following heavy rain.

From North Street - The Whitey and the Tanks of Lever Bros - 1946

High Street, 1912

(Postcard courtesy of Gill Thomas, West Grove)

Same location as above, but 60 years later.

High Street.

The Rose & Crown.

High Street, in the 1960's.

High Street 1972.

High Street - 1972 - The Hancock's Pub "The Masons Arms" in the distance.

(Photograph courtesy of Robert Thomas, West Grove.)

Crystal Palace Inn, High Street, Penydarren.

The Tram lines are down so it dates about 1905-10. The Lucania has yet to be built, but the hedge at the bottom of Horebs graveyard is well established, in fact it could do with cutting.

Radcliff Hall, burning in the 1970's.

Penydarren High Street. May 1973.

On the right is the Co-op. Next door up is the NEW INN. Opposite the Co-op hidden by the hedge (which still stands today) was the Lucania, In the distance on the left hand side can be seen the Masons Arms.