June, 2019

• 11 June

  Training Corps Uniforms

  

  An interesting meeting was convened at the Ninian Stuart Club, Treherbert, on Tuesday evening by the local Vounteer Training Corps to finally decide the question of uniforms. We shall see them fully equipped in the near future.
• 11 June

  Horse Shoe Bend, Rhigos Mountain Road

  

  The large tip in the middle is the Baglan Field coal tip in Penyrenglyn.
• 11 June

  Eleanor Street

  

  At the bottom of Eleanor Street was the Welcome Inn Hotel, now a car park. During the 1980s you could still see the tiled floor amongst the rubble. Notice the tiled floor of the old public house on the left, now a car park for Eleanor Street residents.
• 10 June

  Gaiety Cinema

  

  Situated at the corner of Bute Street and Crichton Street. It was open by October 1914. In 1931 it was owned by Treherbert Cinema Syndicate. The stage was 15ft deep x 26ft wide but only had one dressing room. It had 559 seats but this was reduced to 500 by …
• 10 June

  Bute Street, Treherbert

  

  Year unknown. With the Gaiety Cinema on the right, now a Spar shop.
• 10 June

  St Mary’s Church

  

  There was also St Mary’s School Room which was down on Bute Street, Treherbert.
• 10 June

  New Road Garage

  
• 10 June

  Tappers Garage