There is no need to panic, the green-haired ‘aliens’ currently walking from Hirwaun via Aberdare to Abercynon are friendly!
And they are raising lots of hard cash for Macmillan Cancer Care Support as part of the annual Macmillan Walk.
Please feel free to liberate all spare change in your pockets, purses, piggy banks… it’s all for a […]
It’s back, it’s bigger, and this time… it’s bi-lingual.
Creative boffins at Rhondda Cynon Taf Council have spared no expense in bringing the people of Gadlys near Aberdare this giant poster advertising the European-funded Shape-It.org project.
Thirteen months ago the Shape It project advertised on the same spot in Gadlys with a poster that looked like an […]
We are putting Aberdare Town on the Map … with an Aberdare Town Map and Guide.
There are notes and markers on places of interest in Aberdare Town, including notable landmarks, buildings and public places.
We have photos of most of these public places including the Churches and Chapels of Aberdare, sculptures such as Caradog (see photo […]
The 2000th photo in the Gallery came from a Set of Photos on Griffith Rhys Jones aka the Conductor from Trecynon of the famous ‘Côr Mawr’ of some 460 voices (the South Wales Choral Union), which twice won first prize at Crystal Palace choral competitions in London in the 1870s.
Apart from the Church of St […]
Photos and references on Aberdare Trinity Chapel are now available in the Gallery.
The Chapel is located at Weatherall Street, Aberdare, on the corner, opposite Aberdare Palladium.
The Chapel was built in 1867, making it just over one hundred and forty years old.
Children with disabilities in Rhondda Cynon Taf will have more opportunities to play sport this year in new football, swimming and badminton schemes, according to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council.
A new swimming initiative for children with mild learning disabilities will start in Aberdare next month. The 10-week block of disability swimming lessons begins at 4pm on […]
Emma Robertson from the Welsh Blood Service blogs here with an urgent appeal :
Blood Donors are desperately needed at this time of year …
THE WELSH BLOOD SERVICE WILL BE AT THE FUNCTION ROOM
MICHAEL SOBELL SPORTS CENTRE
YNYS, ABERDARE
ON
THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 10.00 – 4.30
BLOOD STOCK LEVELS ARE LOW PRESENTLY – DUE TO COLDS & FLU & ALL […]
Some evening photos taken of the blossoming Japanese Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulata) trees at the north gates of Aberdare Park, near Park Lane, Trecynon.
Photo taken on April 1st 2008, around 7 pm.
Are we being obsessed by the blossom and trees at Aberdare Park ? No, not really.
We are learning to enjoy and appreciate the […]
In the quiet north-end of Aberdare Park near Park Lane, Trecynon there are many beds of rose bushes and an assortment of Japanese Flowering Cherry trees.
At the moment the scene is very grey and sombre, in stark contrast to the remainder of the park, now coming back into leaf and colour with splashes of daffodils, […]
The lucky people of Trecynon get the full show of early spring blossom from within and without Aberdare Park.
The symphony of pink blossom reverberates around Trecynon. At the north end of Cemetery Road, Trecynon this week, opposite the Llwyncelyn Pub, three Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata) trees were in full bloom.Here are the photos we […]
Parts of Aberdare Park are now resplendent in yellow as the daffodil show is on full display.
In the bright spring sunshine you might need to wear sunglasses there is a such a glow…
But don’t get carried away and bring the deck-chairs and sun-cream. Instead wellies might be more appropriate.
Although the temperatures are rising […]
The grand spring symphony in pink and white blossom brightens up Aberdare Park.
On Cemetery Road, Trecynon, the Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata) trees begin to open into blossom.
There are Japanese Cherry Trees at the north entrance of Aberdare Park, in Park Lane Trecynon, as well as many trees along Cemetery Road, two near Broniestyn Terrace, Trecynon […]
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council have confirmed that around 100 trees are to be cut down in Aberdare Park… “for safety reasons”.
According to RCT Council, the elderly Leylandii conifers have been shedding branches across busy Cemetery Road, adjacent to the park.
They will be replaced later this year with a mixture of trees which will have brightly-coloured […]
Many people visit Aberdare Blog looking for creatures that inhabit Aberdare Park including the Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) a rare and elusive African antelope, the black rhino, the bush pig, or giant forest hog.
We apologise, but we are only able to offer ducks, geese and other birds, trees, flowers, a variety of fungi, the annual colourful […]
Once again Groundwork Trust host another Green Dayz Weekend at the Fedw Hir Eco Centre near Llwydcoed. The event runs this weekend on Saturday 17th May and Sunday 18th May from 10am until 4pm.
The fun-filled ‘green weekend’ is all free with plenty of activities to entertain the whole family including hands-on pottery and […]
Adrian Shepherd is fighting for the survival of the Allotment Gardens at Trallwng, near Pontypridd.
This is the second allotment site in Rhondda Cynon Taf threatened with closure.
It defies common sense that in a time of rapidly rising energy costs, places to grow food locally are being stolen from communities in Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Read the […]
Spring is in the air, the sap is rising and creative juices begin to flow in Aberdare.
By popular demand, we have commissioned an exhibition by our mysterious Aberdare Food Artist.
For the Philistine and untrained eye, these works of art look like an everyday meal of eggs, toast, tomato, and cheese.
But it is art, bach, Aberdare […]
Aberdare’s MP Ann Clwyd ponders being “the only woman from Wales here for 14 years” at the House of Commons this week.
Her contributions came in a debate on International Women’s Day at the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 March 2008.
Speaking in the House, Ann Clwyd MP says : “I am pleased to see all […]
Principal Librarian Norma Jones based at Aberdare Library has vowed to catch up on her reading after retiring from the job after 42 happy years.
Staff at Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council’s Libraries and Museum Service gave their favourite colleague a magical send-off in a special retirement party this week.
Gill Evans, Head of Libraries and […]
Aberdare Blog started as an experiment in communicating views of Aberdare and views from Aberdare. It remains an experiment in communication open to participation. Jane from Mountain Ash blogged the lead story on the Mountain Ash Opencast plans this week. Why not blog your own story from Aberdare today ?
Here is […]
The High Court has decided to hear the case of 14-year-old Sarika Singh, excluded from Aberdare Girl’s School for wearing a Sikh religious bangle.
The human rights group Liberty will argue that the school has breached race relations and human rights laws, as well as a 25-year-old Law Lords’ decision which allows Sikh children to […]
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Spring is in the air, the sap is rising and creative juices begin to flow in Aberdare.
By popular demand, we have commissioned an exhibition by our mysterious Aberdare Food Artist.
For the Philistine and untrained eye, these works of art look like an everyday meal of eggs, toast, tomato, and cheese.
But it is art, bach, Aberdare Art… click here to view the Spring Exhibition.
