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With the National Eisteddfod taking place in Pontypridd I take a look at Abercynon's links to two celebrated poets.

With the National Eisteddfod taking place in Pontypridd, I thought I’d just highlight Abercynon’s links to two of Wales’ most noted bards. John James Williams Born in Taigwynion, Cardiganshire in 1869, Reverend John James Williams was just a child when his family moved to the Cynon Valley. Settling initially in Penrhiwceiber the family then moved to Ynysybwl where they joined Tabernacle…

The Cynon Star Garage

Built on the site of the old toll house, the Cynon Star Garage was located at the bottom of Glancynon Terrace. The garage took its name from the nearby bridge which crosses the River Taff. The Cynon Star Garage.

George Ewart Evans was born into a Welsh-speaking family on the 1st of April 1909. One of eleven children Evans often helped in the family grocery business, taking deliveries around the village and surrounding area on a pony and trap.

Despite the closure of the family business following the 1924- 1925 coal strike George Ewart Evans attended Mountain Ash Grammar School before studying classics at…

Taken from a vantage point on Llanfabon the above image dates probably from the late 1940s or early 1950s.

In the foreground we can see a bus, probably from the local Imperial Motors Company, heading towards the junction and the Travellers Rest Inn. The fields either side of the bus were largely lost by the construction of the A470 a few decades later.

The railway line cuts through the centre of…