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In the brand-satured world we live in, corporations do their utmost to protect their brand name and logo. Shell – the Royal-Dutch Shell Group – are experiencing some difficulties protecting their logo at Trenant, near Hirwaun.
The Shell fuel station closed in January 2006, and the site has remained a rusting industrial eye-sore ever since. Soon after the business closed, they covered their signage and large logo with a white plastic sheeting to hide the ownership of the site.
Eventually this blew away. It was replaced by bright blue plastic material in February 2008. This looked like a cheap blue plastic bag one might use at nearby Rheola Market! This too blew away within a few weeks.
The fuel station is situated at the junction of Trenant and the ever-busy A4059 Aberdare to Hirwaun road. There is a pedestrian crossing within a few feet and this stretch of road has been the scene of many serious accidents over the years, hence the presence of a nearby speed camera.
As one of the UK’s largest corporations, one would expect a more responsible attitude towards the small community that has tolerated the presence of a fuel station since the 1960s.
Contact Details for Shell UK
- Telephone Freephone 0800 731 8888
- Address : Shell Customer Service Centre, Rowlandsway House, Rowlandsway, Wythenshawe. Manchester M22 5SB
- Email feedback-uk@shell.com
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Lucky, lucky Cwmbach-ophiles… we make it our mission to spoil you.
Many more photographs of St Mary Magdalene Church, Cwmbach have been added to the Gallery.
Click here to see the full set of Photographs.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church was established in 1882. Quite late in the day to be frank.
According to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Heritage Trail on Cwmbach : “Religious buildings opened, with the Baptists opening a chapel in 1841, the independents opening a small chapel known as Capel Bricks in 1846 and the Calvinistic Methodists opening a chapel at Tir Bach in 1852.”
In nearby Bridge Street, Wales’ first Co-Operative Store was opened on March 8th, 1860.
Ann Clwyd – Aberdare’s MP – contributes towards the Iraq Inquiry debate in Parliament yesterday. She talks about her work with the Indict campaign and her contribution towards “the removal of the regime”.
I think that I have been quite consistent during the time that I have spoken about Iraq in this Chamber. I argued for one thing—for the removal of a regime that persecuted its own people and was responsible for 5,000 deaths in Halabja, for the deaths of tens of thousands of Kurds throughout Kurdistan, and for the deaths of tens of thousands of Shi’a in the south. It was for humanitarian reasons that I always argued for the removal of the regime, and I did so in 2003 when I spoke in favour of the war. I did that because I had failed—and I would suggest that we had all failed—in looking at the alternatives to war in the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime. There were alternatives. There was an alternative that I spoke about here for at least seven years; in fact, I continually bored myself by talking about it so often. I was very pleased that 201 people in this Chamber—my colleagues in all parts of the House—voted at that time to indict the regime and to remove it by international law.
- Source Hansard, via TheyWorkForYou. Click the link to read Mrs Clwyd’s full contribution to the Parliamentary debate.
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The
fuel station in the village of Abergarwed closed a few years ago. The development of a dual-carriageway nearby diverted cars who no longer had to travel via this village to head westwards for Neath, Swansea and the M4.
Nature patiently reclaims the site. It’s a slow process, but the grasses, moss, and other local vegetation will eventually erase man’s marks on this landscape.
Photos of a striking-looking mannequin were posted on Aberdare Blog last year after being spotted outside a Brecon tattoo parlour. Michelle Campbell of Miss T Meanours blogs the story of Bob the Mannequin from Brecon …
This mannequin’s name is Bob, he was fished out of the River Usk some four years ago.
He was originally wearing a pin striped suit when he was pulled out of the water.
Unfortunately Bob is no longer allowed to reside outside of the shop as the local council have deemed him offensive.
So, in order to view Bob now you have to come into the tattoo studio.
And here are the Photographs of Bob in his previous outdoor setting in Brecon town …
Wedi gorffen siopa yn archfarnad Lidl, ym mhentref y Gadlys ger Aberdar, eisteddwn am funud fach yn y car.
Syllwn ar boster fawr a lliwgar wrth ddrws Lidl.
Ymddengys bod y poster am hysbysebu rhyw fath o special offer fel yr arferai Lidl ei wneud.
Mewn llythrennau bras, dywed y poster : R H A T A C H
Swnio’n diddorol, ond beth yn y byd yw “rhatach”… Ai dyma bwyd Almaeneg megis Sauerkraut wedi mewnforio o bell i dref Aberdar ?
Hanner awr yn diweddarach, ar ol cyrrhaedd gartref, sylweddolwn ein bod wedi cam-ddarllen poster yn y Gymraeg …
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 caught on March 19th 2008 …
The blossom was particularly short-lived this year. The fickle weather conspired against us.
Last night, the wind blew like a hurricane and today we have had stormy and blustery weather, with hailstones.
Despite the weather, it’s well worth taking a de-tour along Trecynon if you are heading north to Hirwaun from Aberdare. There are other specimens of Japanese Cherry that will flower later, including those above Broniestyn Terrace.
This week
George Bush and other Western war-mongers celebrate the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq.
War is good news for the corporations which the war-mongers represent.
War is profitable and militarism plays a key role in the capitalist system.
Wars are fought for class interests. The Iraq war is no exception.
Writing fifty-two years ago in their book Monopoly Capital, American economists Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy characterize the impact militarism has on society and the function of militarism in capitalist society :
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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 ad for a giant pink sex toy… see the photo and read the article here.
- Click on the photo for a larger version
If you recognise this mural from Merthyr Town Centre, please
drop us a note to let us know more about it.
It is located at the rear of High Street Chapel, in the centre of Merthyr town.
The wall itself may form part of the High Street Chapel.
Nearby is Merthyr Police Station.
The mural depicts many key landmarks in Merthyr Tydfil.
It’s very good!
Link to photos of the Merthyr Tydfil Mural
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 on the images to view the Spring Exhibition.
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It’s not too difficult to drive past the
Cilfynydd ‘Pillar’ War Memorial and completely miss it!
The Memorial lies on the hillside on the edge of Cilfynydd, a small village nearby Pontypridd.
The Welsh word cil in Cilfynydd can mean nook, or retreat, or corner, or recess, {insert favourite synonym here}.
It’s a good choice of name for the village which itself seems to nestle and retreat into the mountain-side.
The busy A470 Merthyr to Cardiff road runs parallel to the village and a few feet from the Memorial.
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 and things are budding and blooming into life, it’s still frosty cold in some nights.
At the beginning of the week, we had a cold snap. The Council’s road-gritting team could be seen travelling through Gadlys and Trecynon, gritting the roads near Aberdare Park.
It could still snow!
Arg! There be a grand, grand mutiny aboard HMS Senedd this week …
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