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Station Road bungalows, Tredegar
Decades ago, Station Road led to Nantybwch railway station, long since demolished.
Now the road ends near the edge of the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 22 Aug 2013
0.07 miles
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Station Road, Tredegar
The sign on the left shows that Station Road is now a no through road. 150 metres ahead, the road ends near the edge of the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road.
Old maps show that decades ago, Station Road led to Nantybwch railway station, where passenger services ceased in 1960. The long since demolished station was about 350 metres NW of the camera.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 22 Aug 2013
0.08 miles
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Unique Photography Services (former Crown Inn), Tredegar
The Crown Inn (previously the Crown Hotel) formerly occupied this Merthyr Road building.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 22 Aug 2013
0.08 miles
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Pont y Widw, Dukestown, Tredegar
This bridge crosses the River Sirhowy.
On the right is an information board and signpost for a walk to
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Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 3 Oct 2012
0.08 miles
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Old Crown Inn, Merthyr Road, Ashvale, Tredegar
Viewed in August 2019. The converted former inn is now the premises of Unique Photography Services.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 7 Aug 2019
0.08 miles
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The negotiator
Philip Gordon Weekes
The inscription reads:
Philip Weekes (1920-2003)
Born at Nantybwch, Tredegar, Philip Weekes gained a scholarship from Tredegar Iron and Coal Company to study mining engineering. After the war he was appointed manager of Wyllie Colliery and by 1948, became manager of the vast Oakdale Colliery near Blackwood.
Philip showed a talent for negotiating and in 1950 the Colonial Office sent him to Nigeria following riots in a mining district in order to restore peaceful relations between management and workers. A later colonial report stated that he had done 'rather well for a grammar school boy'.
In 1954, Philip became director of studies at the National Coal Board, and in 1971 he was appointed Director-General of mining. From 1973 to 1985, he served as area director for the south Wales coalfield during periods of strained relations between governments, management and labour unions and the eventual destruction of the deep-mining industry. In contrast with the uncompromising styles of the leaders of both sides in the year-long miners' strike of 1984-85, he worked with police and unions to ensure that violence was minimised and that essential maintenance work continued so that work could re-start quickly once the strike had finished.
During retirement, Philip became chairman of Garden Festival Wales and acted as chairman at Tower colliery following the workers' buy-out.
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 2 Aug 2013
0.08 miles
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Merthyr Road semis, Ashvale, Tredegar
Two semi-detached houses near Unique Photography Services https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3617213 on the left.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 19 Jul 2019
0.09 miles
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Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on the north parapet of the River Sirhowy Bridge. It marks a point 327.642m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 27 Aug 2018
0.09 miles
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Zebra crossing warning sign, Merthyr Road, Ashvale, Tredegar
On the approach to these https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6215168 twin zebra crossings.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 19 Jul 2019
0.09 miles
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Tredegar
The school is set back from the east side of Ashvale, near Merthyr Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 22 Aug 2013
0.09 miles