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Glandwr Terrace, TONYPANDY, CF40 2HU

Two semi-detached houses across Llwynypia Road. The steps on the left lead up to the statue of Archibald Hood. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2676072

Viewed across Llwynypia Road, Llwynypia.

Located on Llwynypia Road. Services available include MOT vehicle testing; car services and repairs; tyres; cars bought and sold.

This OS cut mark can be found on the wall west side of Llwynypia Road. It marks a point 144.344m above mean sea level.

This OS cut mark can be found on the school wall east side of School Terrace. It marks a point 175.544m above mean sea level.

The sculpture of a coal miner and his family was erected by the Rhondda Civic Society to commemorate the mining communities of Rhondda. It was unveiled by Viscount Tonypandy on October 14th 1993. The smaller brick structure facing the sculpture shows the location of all the mines in the Rhondda.

Built in 1905, the Tonypandy Powerhouse became the engine house of the Llwynypia pit, and five years later became the starting point of the Tonypandy riots. It was damaged during those riots after lock-out notices were issued to miners after they refused pay cuts in August of that year. Three months later an official strike began by all those employed by the Cambrian Combine. The riots broke out in the area of the Powerhouse and windows were smashed. There was also rioting in Dunraven Street and Pandy Square in Tonypandy on the same day. By 7 November, work at all the Cambrian Combine collieries had stopped, with the exception of the Llwynypia pit.

National Union of Miners club and institute, set below the east side of Llwynypia Road.

Located in a viewing and seating area several metres above the west side of Llwynypia Road. Archibald Hood (1823-1902) was a Scottish mining engineer and entrepreneur. In 1862 Hood began operations in the Welsh coalfields, establishing the Glamorgan Coal Company, modernising and extending old pits and opening new ones. The colliery occupied an area from the Powerhouse, north of Tonypandy, to the Hay Stores in Llwynypia. Archibald Hood’s concern and care for his workers was legendary. The inscription on the base of the statue is ARCHIBALD HOOD COAL OWNER THIS STATUE IS ERECTED BY HIS WORKMEN AND FRIENDS AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT TO HIS MEMORY 1906.

Archibald Hood http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2676072 was a well-respected mine owner.