Yank & Jans morlais memories one 83- 2000

Morlais memories two Morlais memories ( 3 )

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Merthyr pub Photos A TO L

merthyr pubs m to z

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Yanks old pubs in Dowlais A to L

yanks--old--pubs-Dowlais M to Z

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yanks pubs around the valleys (1 )

yanks pubs around the valleys( 2 )

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Friends Remembered R.I.P.

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Yanks Special memories of old (with humour )

( Click on photo to enlarge )

both sides of beer mat to celerbrate

opening and 150years merthyr

2015 is now cafe & private house

Grand Old Days of True Fighting

Dowlais weekly Gazette 1893- no4 ---onehalfpenny

cuttings of paper, on rest of this page, note! the number of shops etc

Dont you just miss Pant Baths

Yanks Mates Down From Liverpool 60s

( Honest )

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Cambrian hotel tredegar

My mother (dilys ) born here in

1923 think it was the cambrian club then ?

still open. 2018

see below

My grandparents

moved to pub below in late 20s

Dowlais Inn

to the left of pub, leading to sand street./ brecon st

pub situated on lower high street

Yanks Grandparents licensees 30s

moved to pub below 30s

Mount Pleasant Inn

My Grandparents Licensees 30s two photos

used to serve hot rum and milk 5am men going to work

in the iron works ( most likely their breakfast )

(lower union street Dowlais )

opposite The Royal Exchange Inn

Overtime paid in beer

Well you couldn't drink the water

Mitchel & Butlers Jugs

Good strong beer then

Brecon street facing tips

road to left/right lower union street

Grandparents took over Dowlais

con club Late 30s for a short time

before taking over pub below

Forge Hammer.

I was born there 9-8-43 white fronted building on left

( Horse Street )

my parents Jack & dilys took the licence over

1947 on the death of my grandparents

note! Forge Hammer not & hammer

Jim & thelma Belt took over

same day as my parents took over

pub below1949

Morlais Castle Inn

Both windows decorated by me every other week

good display during coronation of Queen Elizabeth

used to wash front down every sunday morning

no sunday opening then ( back door only 11 to 4 )

What a state 2013-14-15-16-17-18-19

how can the council allow this

notice roof top gardens lower down street

What an advert for Merthyr

my parents then bought New Inn in Dowlais and as

my father was well known as Jack the Morlais

he changed the name of the pub to

Morlais Tavern

in 65

Morlais Tavern ( new inn )

Jan & I took over 83--- 2000

Some info below about the

Morlais Castle Inn

Merthyr

Morlais Castle inn 50s

i had the job of dressing these windows, the one on the left you can see a horse a porcelain replica for White Horse Whiskey,

it was presented back to the managing director of white horse whiskey in the late 70s

by my father for their museum as they had no idea of its exsistance

they in turn presented my father with a copy made out of pewter.

( I still have the Horse )

during the coronation the windows were decked out in memorabillia inc miniture coronation coaches and horses

the back room on that day must have had 30/40 kids and mothers watching on sml b/w bush tv--1953

Morlais Castle Merthyr

my parents Jack & Dilys Thomas behind bar 50s

chap in mack holding pint Ernie ? nickname Garth after

strip cartoon in daily mirror used to work in lines.

first man by bar bill ? 2nd man Ifor ? anyone know.

anyonelse ?

No skittle alley when we took over

old regulars Morlais Castle 50s

l/r my father - ? - Mog Issacs (penyard - ? -Billy ( Mcalpine nickname) Lewis builder

Trevithick street

third from left mog issacs used to call in for one drink and end up

having a bender used to say ( about pub ) all it takes to get you in here

(is a piece of cotton, and a pit rope to get you out)

often had to take his shopping up to penyard and tell his

wife (who had a look of thunder ) Mog wont be long and jump on my bike

as fast as i could ( good old days )

Morlais Tavern

( New Inn )

Unique Photo Why ?

(Ans Below )

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,Merthyr- 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,

li also had red lion heolgerrig 30s/40s

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Answer to above Morlais

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- Fag Machine on the Wall was never

damaged or broken into

could Be locked up for putting one outside to-day

and no age resrtiction Then( or never Enforced )

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Now the start of Dowlais pub Pics

street Names In

Green show

Street names

Where pubs Were

no Photos ( yet )

A to L

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High St Dowlais

4 pics

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Berry Square

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Welsh Harp Inn

Walnut Tavern

New South Wales Tavern

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Prince ALBERT

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Balaclava Road

Pleasant View Inn

Balaclava Inn

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Brecon Street

Bird in Hand

Lamb Inn

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below

( no idea help needed please )

Big Meadow Houses ?

White Horse

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Antelope Inn

Caerharris

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Bee Hive

Coronation !937

Ifor Street

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Bessemer Hotel

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Brewers arms

John & Sarah Jones Mine Hosts

1890s

died 1898 & 1913

Cwmcanol Street

Butchers Arms

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Cwm

The Glandwr Cottage Inn

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Commercial Street

Six Bells

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Charlotte Street

Cock Inn

Griffin Inn

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Church Street

Forge Inn

Shoulder of Mutton

Picton Arms

Bruce Hotel

Old pic Bush Hotel

Bus terminus merthyr bus.

For dowlais top you had to take red/white tredegar bus .

red/white cafe nxt to tailors shop above

was first official stop from town for getting off

11pm was the last bus leaving merthyr, from outside the Wheatsheaf ,in

Gleabland st. on a weekend ,it would be packed ! By the time it reached

dowlais it was nearly empty .with people jumping off all the way up

whilst the bus was going.

Dangerous but hillarious to see the not so

stable tumbling along the road ( never heard of any serious injury

bet there are many stories to tell of the red and white roll.

( some drivers would slow down to let boys jump)

But some

would slow down then accellerate the b- - - - -s )

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Castle Street

Blue Boar

Gin Shop

Duke Inn

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Cross Street

Shamrock Inn

Green Fields of Erin

Carpenters Arms

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Canford Inn

3rd building on left

Mine hosts in1890s

John & Jane Davies

died 1909 & 1910

Both 53yrs old

Later in the 50s

customers formed the Khaki & blues Committee

leading to the forming of

theRoal British legion (club )

sadly now the Bessamer Hotel

Cardigan Arms

victoria st Dowlais

Cross Keys

Church Street

back to back with dowlais con

ex hosts Jack Megan later Idris Jones

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Crystal Palace Inn

Penydarren High St

Forge Hammer

not & Hammer

Farmers Arms

Stan Carpenter and wife on door

Mine Hosts

Nxt Door up Ferraris cafe- Ben ferrari owner good friend of my fathers

Brought a bott whisky to the Forge when i was born and all had a swig bar me

( whisky was scarce then )

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TWYN y WAUN

other two pubs same place

THE RISING SUN & MORLAIS CASTLE no photos

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Horse & Groom

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Horse Street

Rolling Mill

Bute Inn no/3

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Herman Street

Duke Arms

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Kings Head

was a pawn shop to the right

1= Clothes Shop=2= Tobacconist= 3=Kings Head=4= Pawn -shop

KINGS HEAD

Landlord/Landlady in 1933

Auther & Gwen Llewellyn & son-Tom

all passed away 1933/38/45

aged 65-65-54

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Prince of Wales 105

Kings Head 100

Prince Albert 113

(street numbers )

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Gellifaelog and Lower High Street.

Rising Sun Inn

Bear Inn

Welcome all Nations

Plough Inn

Fiddlers Arms nxt door

Queens Head

George Inn

Belle Vue

Robin Hood

Duke Bach (Abel Row)

Boar Inn

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High Street. Dowlais

Lord Raglan 104 ?

White Lion

Upper Norton Inn

Victoria Inn 101

Owain Glyndwr 114

Bush Hotel 117

Peking Stores

Devonshire Arms

Sun Inn 142/143

Wellington Inn

Carmarthenshire Arms

Blue Bell

Rose and Crown

London Tavern

Swan Inn

Llanover and Lion

Globe Inn

Red Lion

Wheatsheaf

Radnor Arms

Vulcan Inn

White Hart

Dublin Stores

Forge and Anvil

Eagle

Green Dragon

Griffin Inn

Miners Arms

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Ifor Street

LittleLamb

Half Moon Inn

Guest Arms

Wellington Inn

Welsh Oak

Corner House

guest inn

Vineyard Inn

Painters Arms

Walnut Tree

General Nott

Boars Head

Lewis street

roal george

white lion

Llewellyn street

The Square and Compass

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Yank & Jans morlais memories 83- 2000 ( 1)

morlais memories two Morlais memories ( 3 )

Merthyr pub Photos A TO L

Merthyr pubs M to Z

Yanks old pubs in Dowlais A to L

yanks--old--pubs-Dowlais M to Z

Yanks Pubs Around The Valleys (1)

yanks pubs around the valleys( 2 )

Friends Remembered R.I.P.

anyone with photos please contact below

adrianyank@googlemail.com