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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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The Old Harp Inn - Circa 1900.
(Photograph
courtesy of Carl Llewellyn) |
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| Harp Inn - Swansea Road |
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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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Swansea Road - 1980
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Courtesy of T.F. Holley) |
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| Gellideg Estate, just after being built
in the mid 1950's. |
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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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| J. Winsor sends us this
newspaper cutting of a Judo Club at Swansea Road - 1975c |
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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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Gellideg Football Team -
League Champions
Back Row L-R:
Robert McCarthy, Adrian Adams (Tiger), Neil Richards (Niggsy), Lee
Williams, Anthony Smith (Antos), Jacky Thomas,
Simon Morgan, Cristian Power, Eifion Morris (Skiv), Andrew Gillespie,
Damien Williams and Jeff Williams (Bootsie)
Front Row
L-R:
Gary Morris, Mark McCarthy, Robert Manning, Mark Morris (Spud), Alan
Harris (Twaddy) and Wayne Harris.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Wayne Harris)
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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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