merthyr pubs m to z also down the valley

Glyn Edwards & wife

Maerdy Hotel


Glyn Edwards

Glyn

When he kept

Iron bridge Vaults

opposite two corners was the

Parrot Inn to glyns left and

opposite corner to that was

the Ivy Bush inn/hotel to glyns

RIGHT was the old iron bridge now

lost by d/heads on the council

see below

part ncked and melted down

landlord in 60s Albert ?

his drinking partner every day bar sunday

was his good friend ROSE OWNER OF rosie royals

fruit & veg shop opposite Volunteers pub

100yrds from above pub she was a well known

character and finished every day with a tipple or two

(leaving with Albert the worse for wear )

pub named after THE LATE ( BOXER JOHNNY OWEN )

MOTHER AND FATHER ABOVE

R.I.P ALL

think it became a garage and forecourt

for Ritchie Voaks ( Taxis )

Morlais Castle Inn

What a state on our old pub council should be ashamed

FOR ALLOWING OWNERS TO LEAVE IT LIKE THIS

WHILE HOPING FOR A GRANT

and the roof garden lower down street 2015/16/17/18 done 2020 at last

1953 two windows decked out with coronation horses and carriages

I


Morning Sun

Was top of cefn

Mountain Ash Inn

Great pub when Jeff & lorraine Mc intyre

had it

Nant De Lodge

on the way to story arms

Narrow Gauge

landlord

Known as( lousy Dick ) always said what lousy weather,

i feel lousy, etc,etc.a Good landlord

Lord Nelson / Nelson

Tommy farr ( landlord )

Tommy's son Ken Farr emigrated to new Zealand late 50s

became top ballad singer there i spent a day with him and his

family in 1960 when my ship ss iberia docked in Aukland heard years later

he moved to u.s.a. ?

Toms busy day was SUNDAY ILLEGALLY OPEN BEFORE sunday opening was allowed

AS WHAT A LOT OF PUBS INCLUDING MY FATHERS PUB DID

fIRST SUNDAY AFTER WE WERE ALLOWED TO OPEN TOM HAD 4 CUSTOMERS

THERE'S LOYALTY FOR YOU

New Inn Hotel

one time Landlord Charlie Oaks ( londoner )

Character in50s/60s

NEW iNN BEFORE AQUIRING THE CORNER BUILDING


OLD ANGEL

END OF BROAD ST

OTHER END OF STREET OPPOSITE SIDE WAS

FARMERS

Old Ship Inn

Beryl & Jack Jones

Hosts in 60s

Jack was area organiser for News Of The World Darts

Tournament sadly ended

bottom Georgetown hill

Owain Glyndwr

Vernon & sadie Jones Mine Hosts 60s

pub on first left is

Patriot Inn

left Parrot Inn and other side of arch was Iron Bridge

prior to being turned around and road coming through

Park View

nickname in 60s was

The Vatican

due to the Father from Church opposite having

a regular tipple or two in side room

Penydarren End Inn

next to Lord Nelson

Late Niel Kendal & Jan Last Landlords

Plymouth Arms

Glyn Shag landlord 60s ( Character )

Pontsarn Hotel

SML BUILDING ON LEFT

PONTYCAPEL INN

FLOOKS JEWELLER WAS A PUB

PRINCE OF WALES

114 HIGH ST

Prince Of Wales Inn

top end Nantygwenith St Georgetown

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below

RAILWAY INN

BY OLD CEFN RAILWAY BRIDGE ( NOW DEMOLISHED )

Rainbow Inn

Castle st Merthyr

Red Cow-Soaps-Buffalo's-Vnu

OLD BERT MOSS must be TURNING IN HIS GRAVE

RED COW

PONTSTICLL

RED LION

Heolgerrig

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Rising Sun

Cefn

Rose \& Crown

The Quar

Royal Oak Inn

owen money lived here With his parents

Mine Hosts

Ly & tydd mittel

SHOULDER OF MUTTON

ON RIGHT

building tucked in to the right of the little boy was

Boot Inn

^

to the left of first horse on the left

was pub above

Star Inn

An unfortunate visit to Merthyr Tydfil in 1802

In 1802, Nelson the hero of the Battle of Trafalgar visited Merthyr Tydfil with Lady Hamilton.

They spent some time in the Star Inn as the guests of Miss Jenkins the inn keeper.

To celebrate the visit to Merthyr, a cannon was fired off at the nearby lime kilns,

which unfortunately resulted in the death of a young boy.

Lady Hamilton was so upset at the incident that she paid the lads parents eight guineas for funeral expenses

so that he could be interred in a decent manner.

[Based on a story from 'Valley Views', published by Merthyr Tydfil Library. Debbie Jones 19.3.2000 G]

Station Hotel

Cefn Coed

SWAN HOTEL

below as now

Len Catten (ex landlord ) 60s

TANYARD INN

WAS LOWER DOWN ON OPPOSITE SIDE

TO

THE LANTERNS

Temple Bar Inn

further down sign same side

Bush Hotel

1-- Three Horse Shoes

2--Kirkhouse dance hall

3--Brays sweet merchant

4--Court Requests

5--Golden Lion

Three Horse Shoes

Nattie & Jane Owens Mine Hosts70s

below

as it is now (side on view)

The Celtic Bar

Three Salmons Inn

opposite Angel Hotel

became Eggerfords Cobblers

60s/70s

Tiger Inn

NOW the Imperial Hotel

Travellers Rest

Heolgerrig

1 Temperance Hal

--2 Merthyr Station--

3 Tydfil Arms

4--Tram road

TWYN CARMEL INN

VANGUARD ARMS

Plymouth St

Volunteers

Nxt to

Great Western

Vulcan Inn

Dilys & Harry Housham

Hosts in 60s

Dilys was like my Mother Dilys

good friends and

full of life as landladies were then

lower Pontmorlais

WELLINGTON INN

GEORGETOWN

GREAT WESTERN

below MAJOR BROWN LANDLORD

KINGS Arms on the right

MY OLD LOCAL (BEST PUB IN MERTHYR IN 60S )

WHITE HORSE INN

TWYN

WHEATSHEAF INN

below --- Winchester Bar

castle hotel bar

WYNDAM ARMS

Y CYMRU

george - ST GEORGETOWN