";s:4:"text";s:6319:" This was extended to nine holes in September 1929 when the lease on the original land at Brynmawr was terminated.Another momentous decision was taken in 1933; the playing of golf on a Sunday was finally permitted. This page is all about Maesteg's history. It has a population of 913, and is located in the hills between Cwmafan, in the Afan Valley, and Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Port Talbot.
History of Maesteg £ 9.95 On the mountain sides surrounding Maesteg and its neighbouring villages of Llangynwyd, Pontrhydycyff, Garth, Cwmfelin, Nantyffyllon and Caerau there is evidence of the valley’s past, from early burials mounds and the earthworks of a …
The People's Collection Wales site has material for this area, use the onsite search box. In March 1914, agreement was reached to rent two rooms at Mount Pleasant Farm to act as locker rooms for the members. Eddie Davies was Club Champion on three occasions and Match Captain for no fewer than 15 seasons. The Cambrian/Llynfi Works attracted investment capital from a number of prominent figures of the early Victorian period, including the poet William Wordsworth, who was a Cambrian shareholder in the early 1840s, The iron industry in Maesteg continued, with varying degrees of success, until wrought iron making was replaced by the manufacture of cheaper, mass-produced steel during the 1870s. Jeff Ham deservedly won two Club Championships in the 1980’s while Robert Jenkins won the title three times before the age of twenty.The 1970’s was a decade of change at Maesteg. The Llynfi and Ogmore Railway (L&OVR) was formed on 28 June 1866 … Close to Llangynwyd is an extensive earthwork known as Y Bwlwarcau ("the bulwarks"), an Iron Age enclosure that is probably a remnant of the earliest settlement in the Llynfi district. Since the closure of the mines, much of the Llynfi Valley is being returned to a green landscape.On the mountain sides surrounding Maesteg and its neighbouring villages of Llangynwyd, Pontrhydycyff, Garth, Cwmfelin, Nantyffyllon and Caerau there is evidence of the valley’s past, from early burials mounds and the earthworks of a Roman camp to the signs of coal and iron ore mining.Each part of the town has its own story to tell: ancient Llangynwyd, a hill-top village still full of antiquity, long associated with the Maid of Cefn Ydfa; Maesteg which new around iron-making, and Spelters, from where the old tram-road set off on its long journey to Porthcawl docks; Garth, Nantyffyllon and Caerau, villages which grew from the developing coal mines of the Victorian era. The club went from strength to strength playing all through the second world war.
This was the Dyffryn Llynfi and Porthcawl Railway (DLPR); it was extended to the Coegnant district near the head of the valley in 1830.In 1839 work on a second, larger, ironworks commenced at Nantycrynwydd Farm on a site now largely occupied by the Tesco store and car park.
In the mid-Victorian period there was a flourishing export trade to During the mid-1880s with the closure of the Llynfi Works and its associated collieries, the Maesteg district, with a population of about 10,000, faced an uncertain future. History.
Founded in 1979 with Past presidents such as Brinley Richards and John Lyons our aim is to promote history within the valley. Maesteg Children's Choir hosts many concerts throughout the year, and Curtain Up Youth Theatre has been performing musicals since the turn of the millennium. The 1949 team completed their season without losing a single game. Maesteg RFC was formed in 1877 in the Llynfi Valley, in the county of Glamorgan. On the 4th November 1912, a group of local gentlemen met at the White Lion Hotel, Commercial Street to discuss the feasibility of forming a golf club at Maesteg. A bar had been installed in the Clubhouse in 1923 but it wasn’t until 1939 that the first Stewardess was appointed. In the past, there were other railway stations in Maesteg. During these two decades and thanks in no small part to the success of the Rees brothers, the Club was able to consolidate it’s standing and membership increased significantly. Maesteg 04:40, 2 AUG 2020. The nearest settlement was the village of Llangynwyd located on the hillside about two miles south of the present-day town centre of Maesteg. In 1962, the Club celebrated it’s Golden Jubilee, the highlight of which was a visit by Peter Alliss, then a successful PGA golfer, for a fourball match.The domination of Maesteg golf enjoyed by Cliff Rees in the 1950’s and 1960’s can tend to overshadow the number of other fine players which the Club has produced. The Maesteg Line is a commuter rail line in South Wales from Bridgend to Maesteg.Services usually operate from Maesteg to Cheltenham Spa via the South Wales Main Line and Gloucester to Newport Line.. Electrification by 2019 was announced in the Department for Transport's High Level Output Specification of 2012.. History. 354 talking about this. Continuing improvements to the Clubhouse were dealt a blow, however, when, in 1956, part of it was damaged by fire yet, in spite of the ongoing modernisation,the original Mount Pleasant farmhouse was not demolished until the late 1960’s. The colliery company was led by the remarkable Colonel North, the "Nitrate King" and, some years later, in 1900, another company led by During the years 1890 to 1925 the valley gained a worldwide reputation as a producer of Admiralty-grade steam coal, high quality coking coal and what was regarded as the best house coal in Maesteg Market, established in 1881, is situated at the ground floor level of Maesteg Town Hall and offers a variety of goods. Before the development of industry in the 1820s, the Llynfi Valley was a sparsely populated area of scattered farms. Their first task was to find a suitable site on which to locate the course and, after considering a number of locations at Tyn Waun, Bryn Rhyg and Gelli Lenor. There are two mixed choirs, Noteworthy mixed choir, and Take Note contemporary vocal group, the most untraditional of the Maesteg choirs.