Perched at the top of the Rhondda Valley, beneath the commanding Maerdy ... I'd be down there until I retired," shared the 63-year-old, who worked at Maerdy Colliery until its closure in 1990 ...

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Made up of rows of typical Rhondda Valley terraced homes ... Each year, former residents of the old Bush Houses reunite to celebrate their shared past.

Transformation of the old mine comes as the NSW Government ... Rhondda Colliery Mine in operation in the 1960s. Rhondda Colliery Mine in the Hunter Valley circa 1960s. Picture: Supplied The ...

His parents noticed something was wrong with Kooper's eye - but at first they thought it was nothing to worry about.

Martin Roberts at Hendrewen Hotel in Treorchy (Image credit: Business Wales) A Rhondda Valley hotel, which was purchased by Homes Under the Hammer presenter Martin Roberts, looks set to be transformed ...

But it prompted the Welsh authorities to undertake a comprehensive census of old tips, also known as ... Along the road that winds through the Rhondda valley, the slopes on either side are now ...