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The
Dynevor Arms
Right
at the top where Baverstocks is now, the Dynevor Arms. The Landlord in the
sixties
was
Gil Sallis, he originally worked for Christiani Shand who built the Heads of the
Valley
road.
He moved on to the Maltsers Arms in Pontypridd.
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Dynevor Arms in the snow -
Early 1963.
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Courtesy of Karen Dummett) |
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The Old Harp Inn - Circa 1900.
(Photograph
courtesy of Carl Llewellyn) |
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| Gellideg Estate, just after being built
in the mid 1950's. |
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| Gellideg Estate. |
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| Gellideg Estate Shops and Post Office. |
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| Gellideg Estate - Chapel. |
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These houses were demolished
when the Gellideg Estate had just been built.
They were situated just
above Gellideg Chapel. If you examine the previous photograph you will see the contractors
(Dickinson) sign just by the entrance road to the estate, the houses were behind the sign.
(Photograph
courtesy of Carl Llewellyn) |
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Gellideg Chapel.
(Photograph
courtesy of Carl Llewellyn) |
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Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Bus EHB 264G passes the Gellideg Chapel in the 1970s. |
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| Gellideg
Cottages - 1980's. |
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| Swansea
Road-1978 |
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The Bridge in the 1980's.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Geoff Matsell) |
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The Bridge in the 1980's.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Geoff Matsell) |
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The Bridge in the 1980's,
(Note the old Texas Store in the background)
(Photograph
Courtesy of Geoff Matsell) |
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Swansea Road
(Photograph
Courtesy of Selwyn Thomas) |
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| Thorn Electrical Industries. |
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