Merthyr pubs A to L
Old landlords Merthyr / Dowlais
( When they were! landlords )
b/row l/r Tom Owen Cefn hotel,- -Jim Belt Forge Hammer-Viv Hodges Eagle Inn quarry row,
Lionel Mittel Royal Oak & Bee Hive (owen moneys dad ) -Glyn Edwards IRON Bridge Vaults & Maerdy Hotel
Len Catton Swan merthyr-
,Phil Jones Dowlais Inn,- Fred Brown Great Western,- Charlie Oaks New Inn merthyr(londoner)
f/row old Bill Parry Eagle Hotel,- Jack Thomas (my father) Chairman l.v.a Morlais castle inn.- FAtkinson regional
manager guiness,- Vince Harris Penydarren inn,- W P R Davies sec merthyr l.v.a.
picture taken at the Peter pan restaurant, opposite merthyr library 1954.
J.belt and his wife Thelma later took over stores on georgetown square
,li mittel took over the Beehive castle street.Glyn Edwards took over Maerdy hotel bottom of town,
What a View of an iconic piece of history
i think should have been kept ?
Aberglais
photo from old merthyr
Pontsarn
ABERGLAIS
Anchor Inn
96 high st
pontmorlais
one of my
locals in the past most of the lamb boys
used it after the lamb closed
Ron & Marge Price run it
Ron Price
one time
( landlord Anchor )
Hobby Horse Bitter
aquired taste
( thats being kind )
Angel Hotel
26 high st
end of building angel public bar
<To left nxt to glass fronted building
100yrds the Crown Pub
opposite Angel >>>>
Three Salmons
&
Shoulder of mutton
past the Angel left into Broad st
Farmers arms & old angel inn
see map below
six pubs on map
a nice little pub crawl then
Angel Hotel
Farmers Arms
left past angel bar
Corner of Broad St
was the Angel bar now a shop ?/restaurant
Old Angel Inn
Other end of broad st
opposite side to
Farmers Arms
see map below
BAILI GLAS
bott twyn hill
Barley Mow
Nantygweneth st Georgetown
ughh !
Bee Hive
Lye Mitell & tyd Hosts in 60s
Owain Money's parents
Lye Mitell
Belle View
Town centre
Once managed by famous boxer
Joe Erskine
in yhe 60s
Called The Kontiki Bar then Dressed the inside like a
Jungle brought their own bouncers from Cardiff/newport
only seen bouncers at dance halls those days
didn't last long them or the bar lot of hard men
in town those days ha! ha!
Belle View
above 119 high St
Belle View
Name still on front of house
Opposite side to club
Bentleys Commercial Hotel
first shop on right was Rosy Royals
Fruit & Veg Well known Character in merthyr
and ran a1st class shop
larger than life person
CARMARTHEN ARMS & BLUEBELL INN
bott town nr fountain
this area was known as the Throttle valve due
to the trouble people had getting through.-now getting
pulled down to allow a straight road through town (note all the demo boys posing
in the windows)
Boot Inn
no/22
conways dairy to right
took over boot to
extend dairy
BRECON HOUSE INN
Brecon Rd
Hancocks Brewery
WAS
Giles & Harraps
merthyr Brewery
to the left was Brewery Vaults ( pub )
There is a long history of brewing in this once industrial heartland of Wales,
stretching back to the early 1800's.
As the industrial revolution took hold,
breweries started to appear across the heads of the Glamorganshire valleys,
producing beer to quench the thirst ( well you couldn't drink the water ) of the men working in the great iron works
. By 1848 there where 12 breweries producing in Merthyr Tydfil alone.
This was beer brewed in the traditional way, using the finest malt and hops
, to suit the taste of the local drinkers.
Sadly as the industry disappeared, so did the breweries,
which where closed down or bought out by larger companies.
OWAIN GLYNDWR --
Bridgend Inn ( was there once )
Vernon & sadie Jones
Mine hosts of the Owain
son Malcolm
50s/60s
Brittania Inn
The Brunswick
Les Dallow one time landlord
now a chinese eating est/and bar
owned by Gareth Hanely from twn old class mate of mine
1st class i'm told
sadly changed hands again i'm told 2017
Bush Hotel no/45
first sign on right Bush hotel nxt to where barclays bank is
2nd sign on right
Temple bar Inn
Temple Bar with Bush Hotel
further down same side
OTHER PUBS
High st
starting with B
Bird in the Hand- 57 high St
Boars Head
Boat Inn
Bodega Wine Vaults 63 H/St
Brecon & Merthyr R.I.
Bunch of Grapes off n/o 72 back library
Butchers Arms 51 H/St
Bute Arms Inn 23 pont/morl
Bute ( old )
Butchers arms
pontsticill
Nantygwenith Street
other pubs that were in this street
Alfreds Arms
Chandlers Arms
Crown & Scaptre
Full Moon
Grey Hound
Moulders Arms
Kings Arms no/57
Great Western Inn no/58
Bentleys Central Hotel
Commercial Hotel
Bentleys -Central / Commercial Hotel
Must be a Parade of horse drawn Wagons ?
pub-? ( info needed please)
Picton St
Caedraw
Black Lion 58 crn/vaughn st
Cardiff Arms 23
The General Picton 43
Three Mariners
Castle Hotel no/100
site where cinema was
scene of merthyr riots
where dick (Richard Lewis ) penderyn was arrested
and wrongfully hanged in Cardiff Jail
opposite corner to ( Witherspoons) Y Dick Penderyn named after him
Castle Street Lamb on left
Castle Hotel
( not a lot of thought went into that design ughh )
Caepantywyll
16-10-15
sign uncovererd during renovation
2015
Motor car club
CASTLE INN
Cefn
CEFN HOTEL
CEFN HOTEL
Tom Owens Landlord 50s/60s
Cefn Hotel
was last building leaving cefn for brecon
Church Tavern
Vaynor Pontsarn
George town
COLLIERS ARMS
( Colliers Cwtch )
Abercanaid
Court of Requests
The Dynevor Street street pub has a long history.
In 1809, a Court of Requests for the recovery of small debts was established here.
The court empowered bailiffs to seize the property of debtors,
which affected many of the workers made redundant or with reduced wages
during the iron industry depression beginning in 1829.
As a result the court was hated by many people who saw it as the reason for the loss of their property,
and it became a principal target of the Merthyr Rising in 1831.
It was broken into by Dic Penderyn, later wrongly hanged for his part in the rising.
as a detterent to others THE (b/strds)
Court Arms 141 Eagle Hotel
Les Dallow Mine host 60s Young Bill Parry 60s
OTHER PUBS
High st inc /pontmorlais
starting with C
Central Hotel opp/castle hotel ? n/o 86 cant find it
Clarence Inn
Cobden Arms
Cock Inn ( just above flooks )
Cowbridge Arms 43 H/St
Crawshaw Arms 139 by H & J
Eagle Inn
had the best dart team in merthyr50s/60s
close rivals were the Imperial ( Tiger )
Crawshaw Arms
cefn coed
CRISPEN ARMS
( states on docs Same side as grawen arms )
Higher up and before Cyfarthfar Arms
name on front ?
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below
crown Hotel
Cross keys
Caedraw
The Cross Keys Inn - 1927.
In the photograph are L-R: Edith Vokes,Hetty Vokes, Richard Vokes and Landlord Albert Vokes.
(Photograph courtesy of Valerie Griffiths)
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Cross Keys
George St
Georgetown
Cross Keys Cefn High st
The Crown Inn
Caedraw
Cyfarthfa Arms
Brecon rd
Ye Cymro Inn
Bethal St georgetown
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below
Drovers Arms
top cefn
Drovers Cefn
DRAGONFLY
new bar/rest adjacent to travel lodge Rhydycar
Dynevor Arms
( Fingerpost )
Entrance to Baverstocks/care home
Aberdare road( front ) still same
Gill Sallis north walian last landlord
Was foreman fitter with Chritiani shand heads valley
Contractors
with his wifeThink she was german ?
Olga ?
Ah! Those were the days travel Anywhere by Train At your Liesure
Until that fat cat Beeching cast his net and ruined everything.
Dynevor Arms
first on right
Georgetown
Jack Hayes & wife Nellie
mine host 60s
Y-Dick Penderyn
(Wetherspoons )
Eagle Inn
Quarry Row / caepantywyll
Georgetown
Viv Hodges ( landlord 60s/70s
Court Arms EAGLE INN
no/32
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(Ye Olde)- Express INN
What a wonderful site it was,When they used to
deliver ale, also delivered to tiger inn and Anchor
next door is Glencross clothier
Later became Lamberts 60s had a sale in 60s of knitted
slim jim ties various colours all had a stripe right
down the middle 6d six pence each that sat night
in the palace you felt the kiddy going in except
nearly all the boys were wearing one Ha ha !
now a take away
Farmers Arms
LUTHER & FLORRIE M Jones MINE HOSTS 60S
top twyn
Full Moon mount/hare to get
George INN
High St Cefn Coed
Giles and Harrap Pub/Brewery
Later
<<<Brewery Vaults Bar to the left / Hancocks brewery
Brecon Rd
John Gamble - Teddy Dean ( cellar man in Brewery) Howard Winstone Hancocks Brewery Brecon Road
Glamorgan Arms
landlord Cam ?
top of bethesda st
Glamorgan Arms
Terrace to left led to my old school
Abermorlais 19-54
GLAMORGAN ARMS
Golden Lion
Lower down from Dynevor Arms
Tony Williams ( spicy ) footballer/dart player v/good
at both lived here with his parents
Glove & Shears
Now Dominoes Piza
Ye Old Globe no/37
Six of us caught under age drinking late 50s room on right all had
a clip around the ear as we vacated the pub from local sergeant
let us finish our drinks before chucking us out told me he will tell my
old man ( never did clip was enough )
Grawen Arms
John and Eedie Simpson kept this Before
Taking Kings Arms over
Greyhound & Locomotive no/2
Vanguard lower down no/1
Gwynnes Arms cefn
Heathcock Inn
Dynevor st Georgetown
Hollybush Inn
Tramroad georgetown
IRON Bridge Vaults
in photo
Glynne Edwards landlord50s then the Maerdy Hotel 60s
to the left was the old iron bridge ( lost by idiots in council )
see below
opposite corner was Ivy Bush Hotel
PARROT INN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -IVY BUSH HOTEL
<<<<<< Ynysgau street------------------------------Ivy bush Lane >>>>>>>>>>
to the left of where camera man is the Iron Bridge Vaults
1 - Old Patriot Inn
2 - Iron Bridge Inn
3 - New Duke Inn
4 - Plymouth Arms ( log Cabin )
Old Patriot Inn
Kings Head
( snows petrol ) Garage now
Great Western
Landlord (major Brown )
kings Arms
landlord John Simpson ex town footballer
land lady Eedie ( run the whole show the boss
4ft nothing sorted everything out fights inc )
Kings Boys ( back Bar Johns Bar ) We used to when short would tap john
for a couple pound he would say don;t show eedie he always
gave it-Then later we would pop in the front bar ( eedies ) get another
couple of pound and she would say the same don't show john
only gave to a few of us thats why we had to get the extra pounds
for the boys on the blacklist good old days Barley Bright Keg
1/10p pint top of the range =
Volunteers & Western
L A M B I N N
( Free Wales Army Recrutment centre 60s / 70s )
Honest !
? -- Caio Evans ( Colonel )- ? - Ron Williams ( Brigadier
customer ? ---Landlord ?--Walsh in 60s
The Loco motive & railway
Tavern
N0/ 11
Log Cabin
( Plymouth Arms )
Albert Phipps landlord
The Lantern
Road leading to Quarry Row
Niel Kendall R.i.p.
Once kept it
Lord Raglan
Owner John Griff
Ex peters pies owner
llwnyreos Inn (
Abercaniad )
best Hosts in 60s
Billy ( live wire ) & Fay
