Perched at the top of the Rhondda Valley, beneath the commanding Maerdy ... The colliery meant everything to the people here. When it closed I went to Tower Colliery (the last colliery to close ...

Memories of the Rhondda valley from the 1926 general strike and the 1930's. Extract from a programme made in 1965 looking back at the history of the Rhondda valley during the 1926 general strike ...

until you stare down on the 'ant like' people in the town below. Head back up the way you came towards the track and walk in a north westerly direction, keeping the valley to your right and the ...