Peter RileyJun 1, 2025

The Merthyr Rising June 1831
https://iww.org.uk/news/the-merthyr-rising/

#Cymru #directaction #iww #Labormovement #Merthyr #organize #solidarity #wales #workingclasshistory

The Merthyr Rising - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

IWW Cymru commemorates the Merthyr Rising and the brave workers who fought against oppression and for justice because the challenges we face today are not so different from the ones of the past. The UK and other liberal democracies have coasted on the successes of the revolutionary socialist, anarchist, communist, and labour movements. The rising cost of living, soaring rents, drastic wealth inequality, and a political system which increasingly does not represent the people have pushed a strained status quo to its limits.

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
LeiaFeb 22, 2025

Wasn't quite sure if I was supposed to attend the comicon or take out the shield generators arriving into #Merthyr this morning!

#StarWars

Waste BadgerJan 10, 2025
More than half of people in #Merthyr aren't #Recycling their #FoodWaste https://buff.ly/4j6Sss3
#BigBadger1 said he wouldn't be surprised if the figures were even lower around the UK, but there's little accurate monitoring of this.
More than half of people in Merthyr aren't recycling their food waste

In 2023/2024 only 48% of residents in Merthyr Tydfil recycled their food waste compared with 56% across Wales, and the council wants to improve the figures

Yahoo News
cwtshycwtshDec 8, 2024

"On our debut episode, we sit down with a local #Merthyr lad to speak about a little event that happened 193 years ago - the first working-class revolution of #Wales. Merthyr Rising, famed for being where the red flag first flew over the heads of the working classes, is purposefully misunderstood and sanitised in our history books."

#Cymru #YSerenGoch #PlaidGomiwnyddolCymru

https://shows.acast.com/y-seren-goch/episodes/the-merthyr-rising

The Merthyr Rising | It's Not Unusual

Where the red flag first flew

RichOct 27, 2024

Taith anodd iawn ar y #A470 heddiw. Heol ar gau ger #Merthyr a damweiniau ger #Libanus. Gobeithio bod pawb yn OK.

#Cymru

Druid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Jun 17, 2024
The town of #Merthyr has been infected with this toxic bag of gammonous shite today. Can someone please escort it back over the border before it spreads any further. We really don't need this in Wales (or anywhere else). #Farage #IdRatherEatMyOwnHeadThanVoteForIt.
Books on the LineMar 31, 2024

Picture of Dowlais Cae Harris engine shed north-east of Merthyr, thought to be taken between 1957 and 1964.

Opened by the Rhymney Railway in 1876 it was closed by BR in 1964.

During early BR days the shed was large enough to house no fewer than 8 of the ubiquitous Class 56xx 0-6-2T locomotives.

Photo: W.A. Camwell

Read much more about the shed on this Stephenson Locomotive Society page:

https://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/Archived%20pages/SPC%20and%20photo%20sub-pages/sls_what_when_where_151.htm

#RailwayHistory #Merthyr #Railways #Dowlais

MPD at Dowlais Cae harris

Books on the LineMar 27, 2024

An excellent array of Brecon and Merthyr Railway photographs drawn from a number of collections.

But historical and locomotive information is contained in the earlier Volume 1, meaning extra expense if that is required.

Review: ‘Railways and Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr: Merthyr to Pontsticill and Brecon’ by John Hodge and Ray Caxton

https://booksontheline.com/?p=2299

#BookReview #Books #Merthyr #Pontsticill #Railways

Book review of 'The Brecon and Merthyr : Merthyr to Brecon'

Read a book review of 'Railways and Industry on the Brecon and Merthyr: Merthyr to Pontsticill Junction to Brecon' by J. Hodge and R. Caston

Books on the Line
Books on the LineFeb 4, 2024

It was sometimes said of the Brecon & Merthyr Rly that it was better to travel than to arrive!Photos in this book show why!

This is the final part of Hodge & Caston’s portrait of the B&M which covers the northern section.

But you'll need Vol 1 for background.

Our review (text/audio): ‘Railways & Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr: Merthyr - Pontsticill Jct - Brecon’ by J. Hodge & R. Caston from Pen & Sword

https://booksontheline.com/?p=2299

#Railways #Merthyr #Pontsticill #BookReview #Wales #Cymru

Book review of 'The Brecon and Merthyr : Merthyr to Brecon'

Read a book review of 'Railways and Industry on the Brecon and Merthyr: Merthyr to Pontsticill Junction to Brecon' by J. Hodge and R. Caston

Books on the Line
DailingualDec 12, 2023

🤙 Ni fydd #EE yn cynnal eu gwasanaeth #Cymraeg ym Merthyr Tudful os nad oes galw, felly OGyDda sicrhewch nad oes #HSBC arall yn digwydd drwy rannu’r isod at sylw holl ddefnyddwyr Cymraeg ee ⚠️

: Ddim yn aberth rhy fawr yw hi? #Merthyr

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