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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

How well they've responded to losing their mine, the old village heartbeat ... coalfield communities and near the head of the Rhondda Valley in Maerdy, there's a few shops, takeaways, a pub ...

Helen Mark explores the landscape of the south Wales coalfield. She visits a disused railway tunnel in the Rhondda valley which campaigners hope to re-open as a unique cycle track. Show more The ...