May 10th 2012
Five new
rugby team photos added to Rhigos RFC folder, on the 1970 Onward
page.
Including the Prague 1984 tour photo, all from Clive
Harris.
May 1st 2012
Three photo and one
newspaper cutting from Robert Rees added.
Photo in the WRVS folder on The
Hostel page.
Photo in the Entertainment folder on The Hostel page.
Photo
in the Hostel Parties folder on The Hostel page.
Newspaper cutting in The
Blackjacks folder on the Rhigos People page.
Another aerial view of Llyn Fawr
in Panoramic views on the Recent Visits page.
April 1st 2012
Link to the Tower fund
added to Tower folder on Industry page.
Link to a Newspaper cutting of
the Greenland expedition undertaken by Colin Williams added
to
Blackjacks folder on Rhigos people page.
The business card of Kurt Vesely
added to Sobells folder on Industry page.
March 1st 2012
List of the
inhabitants of Rhigos in the 1880's added to thleye Rhigos People page.
Photos
and sketches of Cwm Gwrelych added to the Views and Buildings
page.
February 1st 2012
An old photo of the Don Cafe, in Building old and new, on the Views and
Buildings page.
Two school photos of David Bedford, in Rhigos people 1, on the Rhigos
People page.
Photo of David and his sister, in Rhigos people 2, on the Rhigos
People page.
A group photo of Aberdare ATC cadets, in Rhigos people
4, on the Rhigos People page.
Old and new photo of David on the Past
and Present page.
January 1st 2012
Offical opening Photo of R.R.F.C. with names on
1970's onward page.
Better group photo of team and committee with names from
1977 in R.R.F.C. on 1970's onward page.
Photo of the reformed Rhigos Bannerettes Jazz Band in
Carnivals and fetes on 1970's onward page.
December 1st 2011
Photo of possibly
the oldest Rhigos resident added to Rhigos people 4 on Rhigos People
page.
Rhigos rugby folder moved to 1970's onward page, and team
photos etc. from past decades added.
November 1st 2011
New folder of old
sites we visited in September added on Recent Visits page.
Two new
photos added to Rhigos rugby club also on Recent
Visits page.
October 1st 2011
Interactive Bing
map added to ancient monuments folder on Miscellaneous
page.
Newsreel link and info of King George V trophy added to Penderyn
Agricultural show folder on
Miscellaneous page.(click on small
trophy photo)
Rhigos Cemetery folder with link to headstones and
inscriptions added on Rhigos People page .
September 1st 2011
Link to a new school plan
and new photos of our March 23rd visit on the The school page.
Link to
1962 Tower colliery accident in Tower folder on Industry page.
LInk to 1941
newspaper cutting of Rhigos colliery accident in Rhigos colliery folder
on Industry page.
Link to sports update, a link to rugby fixtures,and a
link to Ospreys visit to Rhigos, in Rhigos RFC folder, on the Recent Visits
page.
New folder of ancient monuments around Rhigos added on Miscellaneous
page.
A revamp of pages (work in progress). A folder with a blinking (Click
to open) is either new or has new content.
August 1st 2011
New photo added to Beacon Road people 4 on Beacon
Road page from Peter Wilson.
A link to an article on the history
of Caer-llwyn cottage and surrounding area, in Views from the Vole, on the
Recent Visits page.
July 21st 2011
Canteen photos
added to School page.
July 19th 2011
Two new school
related photos added to top School page.
July 17th 2011
A link to a few mining photos added to Tower colliery on Industry page.
June 29th 2011
New photo added to Schools page from Peter Wilson.
Three new photos of Craig y Llyn added to panoramic views on Recent Visits page.
June 28th 2011
Two seventies photos of rugby teams added to
Rhigos RFC 2009 on Recent Visits page.
June 20th 2011
Link added to Rhigos sports on Rhigos People page from Clive Harris
May 24th 2011
List of residents of Heol Grangfryn 1953 and 1962
added
to Miscellaneous items page
A few new factory photos
added factories on Industry page.
May 10th 2011
A few
more modern day photos on The School page.
April 26th 2011
Some group photos from the 1970's added to The School page.
(courtesy of
Rhigos School)
April 19th 2011
St.Davids Day photos
etc. added to The School page.
April 17th 2011
Marching band photo added to mystery photos on Miscellaneous page.
April 12th 2011
Eight more group photos added to the botton of The
School page.
April 8th 2011
Three new photos of teachers on The School
page
April 5th 2011
More school group photos added to
The School page
Also a link to some March 23rd photos on The School page
March 30th 2011
Two photos added to mystery photos on Miscellaneous
page
Photos added to The School page (new photos)
March 27th 2011
Two new photos
added to the botton of The School page (unknown date)
March 26th
2011
Four new photos added to the bottom of The School page
(teachers)
Two new photos added to Opencast file on the Industry page
March 25th 2011
New photo added to 1958-1959 school photos file on
The School page.
March 24th 2011
Three new
photos added to mystery photos on miscellaneous item page.
January 25th 2011
New 1948-49 photo added to Schools page.
More
info added to Miss Rhigos photo in entertainment on The Hostel page.
Glass
factory photo added to Factories on Industry page.
January 4th 2011
New photos
added to Rhigos colliery on Industry page.
December 31st 2010
A map and a link to the King Arthur story
added to the Dinas Rock 2004 article on the Recent Visits page.
December 1st 2010
Two new photos added to
Views of the Vole on the Recent visits page. From Brian and Annette Morris
A
link added to Reunions and parties on the 1970's onwards page (Peter Wilson
account of the reunion weekend in June)
Added to Dragon ride on Miscellaneous
page (small video link of some of the ride)
October 21 st 2010
New link in
Rhigos rugby football club, Mini and Juniors web page on Recent visits page.
October 19th 2010
New 1908 map
added to Maps of the Rhigos area on Views and Buildings page
October 12th 2010
New external
link to Pencaedrain tunnel added to some South Wales rail page on Miscellaneous.
September 25th 2010
New page
added to Miscellaneous Items "Origin of the name Rhigos"
August
25th 2010
New photo added to Rhigos people 4 on Rhigos people page,
also Pam Evans name added
to St John's Ambulance photo on the same page.
July 14th 2010
A sixty year old
program of an event, added to entertainment on The Hostels page.
Two new
photos added to Buildings on Views And Buildings page.
July 7th 2010
2 Items added to
Beacon Road parties on Beacon Road page.
Names added to Lovett and Hammonds
family photos on Rhigos people 4 on Rhigos People page.
July 3rd 2010
1 New photo added
to Rail on Miscellaneous page, contributed by Ken Grindle.
1 New photo added
to Rhigos People 2 on Rhigos People page, contributed by Ken Grindle.
1 New
photo added to Rhigos People 1 on Rhigos People page, contributed by Ken
Grindle.
June 30th 2010
3
New photos 2008 carnival in Rhigos carnivals page , 1970on folder, from Arwyn
Harris,
June 23rd 2010.
Two new photos in Past and Present page.
One new photo in Rhigos People 4 on
Rhigos People page.
June 21st 2010.
2 New photos
added to Rhigos people 4 on Rhigos people page.
June 20th 2010.
Names added to photo on Fancy Dress on
The School page.
New photo added to Dinners and Dances on The Hostel page.
New photo added to Beacon Road People 1 on Beacon Road page.
June
17th 2010
3 new photo on Reunions and Parties on 1970's Onward page.
2of the photos were contributed by Ken Grindle, and the other one was from Mary
Rees.
New photo in Fancy Dress on the School Page.
June 16th 2010
Two new photos added to Hostel Sport on
The Hostel Page contributed by Ken Grindle.
One photos added to Dragon Ride
on Miscellaneous Items Page contributed by Mary Rees.
Two photos in Rhigos
Sport on Rhigos People page contributed by Ken Grindle.
June 15th 2010
Two new photos added to New Inn on Views
and Buildings Page. Contributed by Ken Grindle.
Photograph and Newspaper
write up added to Entertainment on The Hostel page. Contributed by Ken
Grindle.
New Post Office photo added to Buildings and Views and Buildings
page.
June 14th 2010
Two new photos added to Rhigos people 1 on
Rhigos people page.
New photo added to School photo early 1950s on The school
page
June 12th 2010
Added two photos to The Zodiacs
on the Rhigos People page.
Photos from Roland Williams added to Rhigos People
1 on the Rhigos People page.
Two new photos added to Rhigos people 4 on
Rhigos People page.
June 11th 2010
Dragon ride page in Miscellaneous Items
updated.
Link to schools own web site added to School front page.
June 9th 2010
New photos added to Reunions and parties on the 1970's
onward page.
June 8th 2010
New photo added to Rhigos people 4 on
Rhigos people page contributed by Ken Grindle.
New photo added to Dinners and
Dances on The Hostels page again from Ken.
New photos in Dragon ride on
Miscellaneous Items page.
New photo added to Reunions and Parties on 1970's
onwards page.
May 26th 2010
New photo added to Rhigos
people 3 on Rhigos people page contributed by Peter Wilson.
May 13th 2010
Memories from Gwynfor Davies added to
Memories page.
New picture added to top of Hostel Sport on Hostel page.
May 11th 2010
Twelve photos added to Some South Wales
rail on Miscellaneous page
May 10th 2010
More names
added to the following school photos 1960-1961b, 1959-1960, 1960-1961a,
1955-56a, on School Photos page.
May 6th 2010
Added 2 new photos to Beacon Road people 1
on Beacon Road page.
May 4th 2010
Added a new photo to Sobells on Industry
page.
Added a new photo to Entertainment on The Hostel page.
Added a new
photo to Beacon Road Parties on Beacon Road page.
April 30th 2010
Added new page on Industry called
Sobells.
April 29th 2010
Some new photos added to The New Inn in
Views and Buildings
April 22nd 2010
Some names added
to Mystery Photo on miscellaneous Items page.
New photo added to Rhigos
people 3 on Rhigos people page.
April 21st 2010
Ammendments to "Some South Wales Rail" on
Miscellaneous Items page.
April 20th 2010
New photo added to Rhigos Sport on Rhigos
People page.
April 16th 2010
New photo added in Rhigos People 1 on
Rhigos People page.
Name added to photo of the Marching band in Rhigos People
4 on Rhigos People page.
April 15th 2010
New photo added to reunions and parties
on 1970's onwards page
April 6th 2010
New page added in Miscellaneous Items
called Some South Wales Rail.
March 24th 2010
New page in Miscellaneous Items of a
collection of photos from the Aberdare Carnival 1970.
March 18th 2010
New page in Views and buildings The Bryn
and our homes
March 15th 2010
3 new photos added to Rhigos colliery on
the Industry page.
February 26th 2010
2 new photos added to Old views on
Views & Buildings page.
February 24th 2010
New
contact details added to bottom of home page.
5 new photos added to "A trip
to Aberdare carnival" on the 1970 Onwards page.
February 21st 2010
Some better quality photo's added to
Old views in Views and buildings.
January 13th 2010
An article on the history of the Tower
Colliery added to the Tower Colliery section of the Industry page. From Alwyn
Martin
January 3rd 2010
Two new photos added to "Rhigos people
3" on the Rhigos people page. From Pat Hammonds.
December 21st 2009
New photo added to "Dinners and
Dances" on The Hostel page. From Pat Hammonds.
December 19th 2009
A few photos from a walk to Llyn Fach
added to the Recent Visits page. From Steve Hammonds.
December 14th 2009
Names added to 1960 and
1961 scholarship photos on School page.
December 13th 2009
A programme for the Penderyn and
District Agricultural Show 1953 added to the Miscellaneous section. From Colin
Rees.
December 10th 2009
Diane Allen's memories of Rhigos
added to memories page.
Names added to various school photos.
December 4th 2009
New photo added to Dinner / Dances on
"The Hostel" page. From Barbara.
December 2nd 2009
2 New photos added to "Past and
Present" from Peter Wilson.
1 New photo added to old views on "Views and
Buildings" page. From Steve.
November 24th 2009
Seven school photos from Anne Roscoe
and Diane Allen added to the School page:
1955-56a, 1956-57a, 1957-58a,
1958-59a, 1959-60a, 1960-61a, 1960-61b
Two extracts from a 1954 map added to
the Maps section on the Views and Buildings page.
November 22nd 2009
Three more photos added to Rhigos
people 2 on Rhigos people page from Marion Smith.
November 19th 2009
2 photos added to fancydress on the
Hostel page. From Marion Smith.
Names added to first photo in fancydress on
The Hostel page. From Marion Smith.
4 photos added to Rhigos people 1 on
Rhigos People page. From Marion Smith.
New photo added to dinner/dances on
Hostels page from Peter Wilson.
November 18th 2009
Family photo added to miscellaneous
Sewerage photos added to miscellaneous.
November 17th 2009
Mystery photo added to miscellaneous
items
November 16th 2009
Four photos added to Rhigos People 1
on Rhigos people page from Anne Roscoe & Diane Allen.
One photo added to
Rhigos People 2 on Rhigos people page from Diane Allen.
One photo added to
Dinner & Dances on The Hostel page from Anne Roscoe.
Names added to Rhigos
Ladies choir photo on The Hostel page from Diane Allen.
One photo added to
Hostel-Sports on The Hostel page from Marion Smith.
Three new photo's
from Anne Roscoe added
One on Rhigos people 1 on Rhigos people page.
Two
on Rhigos people 4 on Rhigos people page.
November 14th 2009
Two new photos to fancydress in Hostel
page
One new photo in Ty Draw in views and buildings page
November 13th 2009
Two new photos added to the vole in
recent visits.
One new photo added to dunlops on industry page.
One new
photo added to school 1945-46 on school page.
November 12th 2009
Added 2 new photos to Fancydress on
Hostel page.
Added 3 new photos to Rhigos People 4 on Rhigos people page.
Added 3 new photos to Rhigos People 1 on Rhigos people page.
November 6th 2009
A short article on the very first Rhigos School
in 1856 added to the History section of the School page.
November 1st 2009
Some pages from a book about the history of
Hirwaun and Rhigos, by Nansi Selwood, added to the Miscellaneous
page.
October 26th 2009
New rugby photo added to Sports on the
Rhigos People page, and names added to other rugby photos.
October 20th 2009
Names added
to a photo of Dunlop employees at social function on the Industry page.
October 12th 2009
An article
about a book written by Wil Jon Edwards, a Beacon Road resident, added to the
Beacon Road page.
October 7th 2009
New
photo added to Dinners & Dances on The Hostel page.
A new photo added to
Rhigos People on the Rhigos People page.
October 6th 2009
One new photo
from St fagans added to Miscellaneous page
October 3rd 2009
Two new photos
added to Reunions and Parties on 1970 onward page.
New
photo added to the Beacon Road People 1 on Beacon road page.
October 2nd 2009
Another photo
added to Rhigos Sport, on Rhigos People page.
A photo added to Dinners &
Dances on The Hostel page.
September 29th 2009
An extract
from the Aberdare Eisteddfod 1956 programme listing Rhigos people added to the
Rhigos People page.
September 28th 2009
Names added
to 1950's school photo on School page.
Another photo added to Lastic Yarn on
Industry page.
September 27th 2009
Names added
to 1958 - 59 school photo on School page.
Some photos from St Fagans added to
Miscellaneous page.
September 24th 2009
More names
added to 1956 - 57 School photo on School page.
Some names added to
Fancydress photo on Hostel page.
A video panorama from Craig y Llyn added to
the Recent Visits page.
September 23rd 2009
A plan of
the old school added to School page.
A picture of the Watts
children added to Rhigos People 2 section on the Rhigos People page.
September 16th 2009
The new site
launched.
September 15th 2009
Articles on the New
Inn, the Plough, the Hostel, the shops, and the mountain added to the Views and
Buildings page.
A collection of photos of Cefn Rhigos added to the Recent
Visits page.
Articles on Ty Draw Farm, Gwrangon Farm, Glynneath RFC, and
Glynneath Miners Welfare added to the Views and Buildings page.
The last few
school photos added to the School page.
September 14th 2009
A second collection
of photos of Rhigos people added to the Rhigos People page.
Photos of school
trips in 1948 and 1949 added to the School page.
September 10th 2009
School photos for
1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67 added to the School page.
September 9th 2009
School photos for
1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, and 1961-62 added to the School page.
A collection
of photos of Rhigos people added to the Rhigos people page.
September 8th 2009
A photo of a school
group at the Hostel added to the School page.
A fourth collection of photos
of Beacon Road people added to the Beacon Road page.
School photos for
1945-46, 1948-49 and 1949-50 added to the School page.
September 7th 2009
1970s Onwards section
set up and articles on Reunions, Rhigos people photos, and Aberdare carnival
added.
Another article on Wild Wales added to the Miscellaneous page.
September 6th 2009
A third collection of
photos of Beacon Road people added to the Beacon Road page.
September 5th 2009
A photo of the Queen's
visit to Hirwaun in 1953 added to the Miscellaneous Items page.
Photos of a
trip to the Aberdare carnival in 1970 added to the Miscellaneous Items page.
A photo of The Blackjacks added to the Rhigos people page.
Another photo of
Joy's Juveniles added to the Joy's Juveniles section of the Hostel page.
September 4th 2009
Collection of photos
of Rhigos people as we were and as we are now added to the Past and Present
page.
A collection of old photos of the views around Rhigos added to the
Views and Buildings page.
A new video tour from Craig y Llyn (Rhigos
Mountain) to the Tower Colliery Colliery added to the Recent Visits page.
A
list of residents on Beacon Road in 1947 and 1951 added to the Beacon Road page.
An article with some views of Halt Road added to the Views and Buildings page.
September 2nd 2009
A second collection of
photos of Beacon Road people added to the Beacon Road page.
September 1st 2009
Miscellaneous Items
page set up, with an article on UFOs.
Several articles on companies on the
industrial estate in the 1950s added to the Industry page.
A collection of
photos of Beacon Road people added to the Beacon Road page.
August 31st 2009
A geological map added
to the Maps section of the Views and Building page.
Articles on Entertainment
and Hostel Parties added to the Hostel page.
Article on Dinners and Dances
added to the Hostel page.
Article on Dunlops added to the Industry page.
Article on The Zodiacs added to the Rhigos People page.
August 30th 2009
An article on Buildings
Old and New added to the Views and Buildings page.
Articles on Rhigos Ladies
and Hostel Sports added to the Hostel page.
A collection of old maps added to
the Views and Buildings page.
A new photo added at the end of the article on
Beacon Road Houses on the Beacon Road page.
August 29th 2009
Articles on the WRVS and
Joy's Juveniles added to the Hostel page.
An article on Rhigos Colliery added
to the Industry page.
An article on Beacon Road and its houses added to the
Beacon Road page.
August 28th 2009
An article on the School
history added to The School page.
A collection of old and new photos of t