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VOLUME 1 (1976) now available as CD    ISBN 0 9504845 Ed. J. Gross
 
Industrial History
1. Chronological Date Sequence of Events for the Dowlais Ironworks by J. Owen
2. Merthyr Tydfil. Iron Metropolis 1790-1860 by J. Owen
3. The Plymouth Ironworks by Clive Thomas
4. Visit to the remains of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks by Clive Thomas
History of Transport
5. The History of Transportation in Merthyr Tydfil to celebrate 50 years of Merthyr Buses 1924-1974 by H. Watkins
6. The Glamorganshire Canal by J. Gross
7. The Merthyr Tramroad by J. Gross
8. A History of the Railways of Merthyr Tydfil by Robert V. Barnes
9. The Railways of Merthyr Tydfil by V. L. Wilding
Aspects of Social History
10. The Earliest Non-Conformists in Merthyr Tydfil by Glanmor Williams
11. Poor Relief in Merthyr in the XIXth century by F. Vaughan
12. Notable Women of Merthyr Tydfil by M. S. Taylor
13. The Big Houses of Merthyr Tydfil by M. S. Taylor
14. Richard Lewis - Dic Penderyn by O. Williams

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VOLUME 2 (1978) now available as CD   0 9504845 1 2 Ed. J. Gross
 
Industrial History
1. The Railway Age in Wales by Robert V. Barnes
2. Merthyr Tydfil Industrial Development 1870-1918 by John A. Owen
3. Dowlais Works Locomotives by John A. Owen
II. Living Conditions
4. Housing in Merthyr Tydfil by Diane Green
5. Water Supply and Sewerage in Merthyr Tydfil 1850-1974 by Joseph Gross
6. Hospitals in Merthyr Tydfil 1850-1974 by Joseph Gross
7. The Old Iron Bridge, Merthyr by Leo Davies
III. Aspects of Social History
8. Early Christian Origins and Society in South Wales by Jeremy K. Knight
9. Earning a Living. Industrial Development 1918-1939 by Alun Morgan
10. Merthyr Tydfil and the General Strike by Huw Williams
11. Thomas Stephens of Merthyr by Margaret S. Taylor
IV.
12. Sources Towards a History of Merthyr Tydfil by Huw Williams
 
 
 
VOLUME 3 (1980) ISBN 0 9504845 2 0  Ed. J. Gross
 
I. Religious Aspects
1. The Story of Martyr Tudful by Hugh Watkins
2. Church Building in the Nineteenth Century by Owain Jones
3. St. John's Church, Penydarren by J. Gross
II. Industry and Transport
4. Industrial Archaeology in the Merthyr Tydfil District by John Owen
5. Motor Bus Transport in Merthyr Tydfil by C. J. Taylor
6. Accidents at Work in Merthyr Tydfil c. 1840-1850 by Keith Strange
7. Some Aspects of the Tonypandy Riots by Ieuan Thomas
III. Aspects of the Social Scene
8. Mayoral Year 1968/69 by E. M. Edwards
9. Some Aspects of Life in Merthyr Tydfil in the 19th Century by F. Vaughan
10. Brass Bands, Jazz Bands, Choirs: Aspects of Music in Merthyr by Huw Williams
11. Alphonse Esquiros: A French Political Exile in Merthyr and Dowlais in 1864 by S. Beynon John   
 
 
VOLUME 4 (1989) ISBN 0 86383 610 0 Ed. J. Gross
 
1. Some Aspects of Merthyr Parish in the 17th century by Thomas V. Davies
2. The Magistrates and Courts of Merthyr Tydfil 1600-1977 by H. Watkins
3. Henry Crawshay, the Other Son by Mabel M. Beech
4. Merthyr Tydfil Borough Police 1908-1938. A brief history by Eira M. Smith
5. Joseph Edwards and Merthyr Tydfil by T. F. Holley
6. The story of Merthyr General Hospital by Ann Lewis
7. Economic Development in the Merthyr and Rhymney Valleys 1851-1913. A comparative study by Barry Brunt
8. History of Housing in Merthyr Tydfil by Joseph Gross
9. Francis Crawshay 1811-1878 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley
10. Eleanor Jones Hudson 1874-1945 by M. Lloyd and A. Lewis
11. Sporting Guests by T. F. Holley
 
 
VOLUME 5 (1992) ISBN  0 9504845 5 5  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. A Valley Comprehensive - Afon Taf High School. The First Twenty Five Years 1967-1992 by Hugh Watkins
2. A Softening Influence: R. T. Crawshay and the Cyfarthfa Band by Trevor Herbert
3. Mor hawddgar... The building, rebuilding and ultimate destruction of Bryn Seion, Dowlais by Martin Snead
4. Merthyr Tydfil: The Development of an Urban Community by Joseph Gross
5. Winter, Nineteen Forty Seven by Josh Powell
6. An Australian Visitor - Sir Samuel Griffith in South Wales, 1887 by Fred Holley and V. A. Holley
7. Morlais Morgan, a Dowlais Boy by Ann Lewis and Margaret Lloyd   
 
 
VOLUME 6 (1992) ISBN  0 9504845 6 3
 
1. The Story of St Tydfil's Hospital by Ann Lewis and Margaret Lloyd
2. Bishop Hedley and Merthyr Tydfil by P. Williams
3. Bachgen Bach O Ddowlais by Glanmor Williams
4. Village Life in Abercanaid 1905-1925 by Edward Rhys-Price
5. Merthyr Tydfil from 1800-1837 - Jubilee Lecture
6. Making of a Freeman by Eira M. Smith
7. Jonathan Reynolds (Nathan Dyfed) 1814-1891, Local Eisteddfodwr by Huw Williams
8. William Edward Jones, Painter of Portraits by T. F. Holley
9. The Martin Family of Dowlais by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones
 
 
VOLUME 7 (1994) ISBN 0 9504845 8 X   Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Robert and Lucy Thomas by Eira M. Smith
2. Abercanaid, Some Remembered Yesterdays by Edward Rhys-Price
3. The Rise and Fall of a Mountain Community by Josh Powell
4. From Chaos to Calm by Hugh Watkins
5. A Visit to Llanthony Abbey with the Aberdare Naturalists, 1891, The Brecon and Merthyr Railway Explored - Transcribed
6. Foundations 1893-1902 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley
7. The Standing Conference of the History of the South Wales Valleys by Joseph Gross
8. Recollections of Three Merthyr Artists by Charles Wilkins
9. The Merthyr Tydfil Naturalists' Society, One Hundred Years Ago by T. F. Holley
10. The Rector of Merthyr and the Channel Tunnel, 1882 - Transcribed
11. Pant Fever Hospital by Ann Lewis
12. An Account of the Merthyr-born Artist, Penry Williams by Thomas Henry Thomas
13. William Menelaus of Dowlais by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones
14. Early Schooldays by Glanmor Williams
 
 
VOLUME 8 (1996) ISBN 0 9504845 9 8  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Life in "The Castle" by Glanmor Williams
2. The Early Days of the Cyfarthfa Iron Works by Joseph Gross
3. The Winter Art Exhibition, Cyfarthfa Castle, 1909-10 by T. F. Holley
4. The Wealthiest Place and the Poorest Ministry by Roger L. Brown
5. Literary Associations of Merthyr Tydfil, 1909 by A. J. Perman
6. The Gilchrist Lectures by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley
7. Early Libraries at Dowlais, 1907 - Transcribed
8. The Assyrian Bas-Relief by D. W. R. Whicker
9. Memories of my Childhood in Dowlais by Elizabeth M. Doggett
10. Book Reviews by J. Barry Davies
11. The Dowlais Railway or Incline by Leo Davies
12. A Biographical Sketch of Mr. Thomas Williams, J.P., 1823-1903 - Transcribed
13. The Public Life and Image of Lady Charlotte Guest, 1833-1852 by Claire Louise Thomas
14. Correspondence by Walter W. Rees
15. Merthyr Tydfil during the War Years by Hugh Watkins
16. An Old Merthyr Theatre, 1861 - Transcribed
17. Mrs. Clark of Dowlais by Eira M. Smith
18. Abercanaid, Some Remembered Yesterdays (3) by Edward Rhys-Price
19. Ynysfach Murder by Eira M. Smith
20. The Lifeguards by David Lewis Jones
21. In Search of Thomas Marchant Williams, 1845-1914 by Huw Williams
22. Ladies of Letters by Ray Jones
 
 
VOLUME 9 (1997) ISBN 0 9530551 9 1 Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. The Revd. George Martin Maber, M.A., Rector of Merthyr, 1795-1844 by Barrie Jones
2. A visit to the studio of William Edward Jones, painter of portraits, 1869 - Transcribed
3. The College by the sea, Aberystwyth, 1937-42 by Glanmor Williams
4. A curious meeting; or the two Scotchmen, 1861 - Transcribed
5. Abercanaid, some remembered yesterdays. Part Four by Edward Rhys-Price
6. A biographical account of Sir W. T. Lewis, in the period 1837-1891 - Transcribed
7. Correspondence, three items
8. Departure of the Benedictine Fathers from Dowlais, 1930 by T. F. Holley
9. William K. Thomas and Frances Thomas, of Wales. Life in Wales and emigration to Australia by Richard J. Hogg
10. Some modern English poets by A. J. Perman
11. Foundations, 1903-1912 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley
12. Our musicians. William Davies (Mynorydd) by E. E.
13. Other days, other ways - Transcribed
14. Some early Merthyr Eisteddfod medals - Photo feature
15. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, a prisoner of war in Siberia, 1914-1918. Translated from the German by Joseph Gross
16. Sir Thomas Brock. The Merthyr link by T. F. Holley
17. The South Wales Heads of the Valleys: understanding Merthyr Tydfil and a historical process by Huw Williams
 
 
VOLUME 10 (1999) ISBN  0 9539551 4 0  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Shape the future around the past. Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society 1972-1997 by Hugh Watkins
2. The "County" School by Glanmor Williams
3. Welsh Scholarship at Merthyr Tydfil by Brynley F. Roberts
4. George Martin Maber, Rector of Merthyr Tydfil by Roger L. Brown
5. Child Emigration from Merthyr Tydfil Workhouse by Muriel Chamberlain
6. The Merthyr Tydfil National Eisteddfod, 1881 by Hywel Teifi Edwards
7. Reflections on some sixteenth-century East Glamorgan Gentry by J. Gwynfor Jones
8. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, a prisoner of war in Siberia, 1914-1918. Part Two. Translated from the German by Joseph Gross
9. Letters sent to Merthyr Tydfil and Swansea from the Great War by A. Lloyd Hughes
10. "Life in the Lamb" by Rosina Hughes (nee Walsh)
11. Tabernacl Chapel, Bryant's Field by T. F. Holley
12. Soroptomist International of Merthyr Tydfil. The first forty years by Sydney Jones
13. Abercanaid, some remembered yesterdays. Part Five by Edward Rhys-Price
14. 25 years of pleasure, a brief history of the Treharris Male Voice Choir by A. A. James
15. A visit to Joseph Edwards' studio, 1854 - Transcribed
16. Visit of a Maori Princess to Merthyr Tydfil, 1903 by T. F. Holley
17. The way we were, 1929-39 by Rosina Hughes (born Walsh)
18. Dr. Mary Davies, sweet singer, great lady - Transcribed
19. Anecdotes of some local artists by T. F. Holley
20. Keir Hardie Estate, Merthyr Tydfil by Barrie Jones
21. William Evans, Ironmaster, born in iron, cradled in steel by J. Brynmor Jones and T. F. Holley
22. David Jones, Senior, watchmaker, of Merthyr Tydfil, 1861 - Transcribed
23. Merthyr Tydfil and its Scottish connections by Huw Williams
24. Developments I have observed in the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil 1870-1925 by T. F. Harvey
25. Bachgen bach o Aberfan, erioed, erioed. A personal view of the history of Aberfan by Raymond Jones
 
 
VOLUME 11 (2000) ISBN 0 9530551 3 2 Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Printers, Publishers and Book-lovers in Merthyr Tydfil by Glanmor Williams
2. Book review, 1845 - Transcribed
3. Where Apples Abound. A local perspective on the Welsh diaspora by Raymond Jones
4. Some of the scholars of old Merthyr's famous school - Transcribed
5. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, Siberia, 1914-1918 by Joseph Gross
6. Lewis Lewis (1806-82) Merthyr Magistrates Clerk - Transcribed
7. The Walter Thomas heirs who lived in Merthyr Tydfil by John Mallon
8. Congregationalism at Treharris, 1906. Foundation stones laid by T. F. Holley
9. A surgeon in Merthyr in the nineteen fifties by Rowland Williams
10. Merthyr Tydfil: The cholera and its teachings - Transcribed
11. Samuel Harpur, C.E. An appreciation of his work in Merthyr by H. W. Southey
12. Early Catholic Priests, Father J. Carroll - Transcribed
13. Treforest clients of W. E. Jones, painter of portraits, 1873 by T. F. Holley
14. Windows of 19th century Merthyr by T. F. Holley
15. Ballad of the unemployed, 1929 by W. W. Blair-Fish
16. St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, Tramroadside, Merthyr, 1866 by T. F. Holley
17. A monster Merthyr hotel, the Angel, 1879 - Transcribed
18. Evacuation to Merthyr Tydfil by Peter Campbell
 
 
 
VOLUME 12 (2001)  ISBN 0 0530551 5 9  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Charles Wilkins. The Historian of Merthyr Tydfil by Brynley F. Roberts
2. Dr. T. J. Dyke, 1816-1900 by Joseph Gross
3. David Davies,Galon Ucha, 1813-94 by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones
4. The Influence of the English in Merthyr in 1851 by Mary Patricia Jones
5. The Old Station Yard by Gwynneth E. Evans
6. Ieuan Ddu and Welsh Traditional Music by Daniel Huws
7. Vulcan House - A Chartist's Home by Lyndon Harris
8. Noteable Events in the Life of T. F. Harvey, C.E. by T. F. Holley
9. Bethania Chapel, Dowlais, a History by Herbert Hughes
10. History of Salem Chapel to 1930 by B. J. Morgan
11. Thomastown Recreation Ground by Barrie Jones
12. Merthyr Tydfil and the Dumfries and Galloway Connection by Innes MacLeod
13. A Brief History of the Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind by Julie Evans
 
 
VOLUME 13 (2001) ISBN 0 9530551 6 7 Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. A Female in Medicine by Dorothy Gratton
2. Charles Wilkins, Writer, 1830-1913, a Biographical Note by John Wilkins
3. Cyfarthfa Furnaces, Restoration, A. D. 2000 by Ruth Taylor Davies
4. The Merthyr National Eisteddfod of 1901 by Hywel Teifi Edwards
5. "We Will Give Wings to Fly". Emigration Societies in Merthyr in 1868 by Bill Jones
6. The Water Supply of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil by Joseph Gross
7. Edward Harri, Gurnos by Rowland J. Williams
8. A Scotch Doctor in the Valleys, 1843-51 by Innes Macleod
9. If Cap and Tie Are Worn by Richard Lewis
10. The Revd. G. M. Maber's Family by Barrie Jones
11. Charles Russell James' Childhood by Thomas F. Holley
12. Rejoicings at Clydach Iron Works, Llanelly, Breconshire, 1865 - Transcribed by the Editor
 
 
VOLUME 14 (2002)  ISBN 0 9544201 0 1  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Merthyr's Own Tudful (or Tydfil) by Glanmor Williams
2. Merthyr Theatre, Long Ago - Transcribed
3. Colonel David Rees Lewis, V.D., J.P. by T. F. Holley
4. Coloured Plate Section
5. Sinking Harris's Navigation Collieries, 1872-1879 by T. F. Holley
6. Caepanttywyll by G. D. Morgan
7. Bethesda Chapel, Merthyr Tydfil, 1807-1907 by Herbert Hughes
8. Famous High Rope Performer in Merthyr, 1907 - Transcribed
9. Rees Lewis, Merthyr Printer by T. F. Holley
10. The Merthyr Heritage Trust, 1979-1990 by Joseph Gross
11. Two Triumphant Vaynor Brothers by John Mallon
12. Reminiscences of Old Merthyr by H. W. Southey
13. Merthyr Tydfil in 1877 by Brynley F. Roberts
14. Andrew Carnegie: The Injustice of Rank and a Crisis of Wealth by Anni Donaldson and Innes MacLeod
 
 
VOLUME 15 (2003)  ISBN 0 9544201 1 X Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Dr. Joseph Gross by Glanmor Williams
2. Attraction and Dispersal by John Wilkins
3. Mrs. Mary Ann Edmunds by Mary Patricia Jones
4. Bacon v Homfray by Eric Alexander
5. Cheshunt College, Hertfordshire by Barrie Jones
6. Striking Features: Robert Thompson Crawshay's Large-Scale Portraits by Jane Fletcher
7. Margaret Stewart Taylor. A Notable Woman of Merthyr Tydfil by Carolyn Jacob
8. Iron Working in the Cynon Valley by Douglas Williams
9. Owain Glyn Dwr - After Six Hundred Years by Glanmor Williams
10. Merthyr Amateur Theatricals, 1860's by H. W. Southey
11. Shon Llywelyn of Cwm Capel by Lyndon Harris
12. Hoover Transport, 1948-98 by Gwyn Harris M.M.
13. David Jones (1760-1842), Merthyr Clockmaker, Revisited by W. Linnard, D. Roy Sears & Chris Roberts
14. The English Bible by J. W. Bowen
15. He Came, He Saw, He Conquered Merthyr Commerce - Thomas Nibloe's Story by T. F. Holley
16. Colour Supplement - Merthyr Buildings
 
 
VOLUME 16 (2003) ISBN 0 9544201 2 8  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Joseph Parry's Place in the Pantheon of Welsh Musicians by John Hywel
2. Joseph Parry - Musician and Christian by Dulais Rees
3. Joseph Parry's Congregation by Brynley Roberts
4. The Family of Dr. Joseph Parry by Carl Llewellyn and Mansel Richards
5. Joseph Parry and the Family Historian by Carolyn Jacob
6. Joseph Parry, Mus. Doc., From Pit Boy to Professor by Thomas Hughes
7. Dr. Joseph Parry, Subject of an Essay in 1922 by David Morgans
8; 9 & 10. Obituaries of Dr. Parry
11. Jack Jones, C.B.E., Author and Playwright by Carl Llewellyn
12. Off to Philadelphia, 1865 by T. F. Holley
13. A Vanished Community by Wendy Bellany
14. Book Review. Wales, Clocks & Clockmakers by W. Linnard
15. Horses Down the Years, 1983 by Gladys Morgan
16. Dr. Daniel George Lewis, 1847-1902 by T. F. Holley
17. James Keir Hardie, M.P., on Robert Burns, 1903
18. Jubilee and Early History of the Merthyr Express, 1914
19. Book Review. The Journal of David Gibson, 1814-43 by Innes Macleod
20. Colour Supplement
 
 
VOLUME 17 (2004) ISBN 0 9544201 3 6 Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Pleasures & Pastimes in the 18th & 19th Century, Merthyr Tydfil by Geoffrey Evans
2. Celtic Connections: Early Quoiting in Merthyr Tydfil by Innes MacLeod
3. The Will of the Revd. William Price Lewis, 1839 by T. F. Holley
4. The Dic Penderyn Society and the Popular Memory of Richard Lewis by Viv Pugh
5. The Welsh Religious Revival, 1904-5 by Robert Pope
6. Reporting Revival by Neville Granville
7. A French View of Merthyr Tydfil and the Evan Roberts Revival by William Linnard
8. Songs of Praises: Hymns and Tunes of the Welsh Revival, 1904-5 by Noel Gibbard
9. Revival, Cwm Rhondda, 1905 by William Linnard
10. Diwygiad 1904-5. A Select Reading List by Brynley Roberts
11. Rosina Davies, 1863-1949. A Welsh Evangelist by Eira M Smith
12. Evan Roberts, the Welsh Revivalist by J. Ann Lewis
13. Evan Roberts at Heolgerrig, Merthyr, January 1905 - Transcribed
14. Sir Thomas Marchant Williams & the Revival - Transcribed
15. Potpourri, a Medley by The Editor
16. What Wales Needs - Religiously, 1907 by Evan Roberts
17. Joseph Williams, Printer. TYST A'R DYDD. 1903 by T. F. Holley
18. Dr. Thomas Rees (1825-1908), of Cefncoedycymer by John Mallon
19. Everest & Charles Bruce (1866-1939): The Welsh Connection by Huw Rees
20. The Lusitania Catastrophe and the Welsh Male Voice Choir by Carl Llewellyn
21. Merthyr Amateur Theatricals, 1860's. Part Two by H. W. Southey
22. Books, Old and New. Short Reviews by The Editor
23. Night Mrs. Evans by Ken J. Mumford
24. Some Early History of Park Baptist Church, The Walk, Merthyr - Transcribed
25. Letter re: Wool Factory, Merthyr Tydfil
 
 
VOLUME 18 (2005) ISBN  0 9544201 4 4  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. If it Hadn't Been for Mr. Harris........The Story of a Pit and its Town (Treharris) by Raymond Jones
2. Disturbances in Wales: A Letter from Merthyr, 20th October 1816 by Innes Macleod
3. Garth Gynyd Hamlet before Coal Pits by Judith Jones
4. A Welsh Interlude, 1922-32 by Albany Harvey
5. The Troedyrhiw Town Silver Band by T. F. Holley
6. From Grace to Politics via Law. Richard Ffoulkes Griffiths, 1850-1901 by Ivor Thomas Rees
7. Letters from Merthyr Tydfil M.P. Charles Herbert James to his Sister-in-Law, Mary Thomas submitted by Judith Jones
8. The Merthyr Riots of 1816 and 1831, Interesting Reminiscences by Solomon Marks, Canton
 
 
 
VOLUME 19 (2008) ISBN  0 9544201 5 2  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1.    A Fond Memory of Glanmor Williams by Beverley Robins
2.    ‘Diabolical Traffic’: Iolo Morganwg, Slavery and Merthyr Tydfil by Geraint H. Jenkins
3.    Thomas Town Brickworks, Merthyr Tydfil by Nicholas C. Jenkins
4.     Fire and Water – A Family History of Puddlers and Publicans by Barrie Jones
5.     Keir Hardie and the Dowlais Strike of 1911 by Joe England
6.     Kath and Wil John Williams, A Personal Appreciation by Huw Williams
7.      Henry Cort, Puddling and Merthyr Tydfil by Eric Alexander
8.      Motor Car Production at Cefn Coed by Glyn Bowen
9.      Emily Stephens of Merthyr Tydfil, Mother and 19th Century Poet by Carolyn Jacob and Beverley Robins
10.  A Tribute to Raymond Jones by Allen Jones and Megan Jones
11.  Strolling Players, Minstrels, Star Turns and Music Sheet Covers by Innes Macleod
12.  Book Launch Pontsticill 31 January 2008 by John D. Holley
13.  Richard (‘Richie’) Evans by Huw Williams
14.  Along the Pond (The Plymouth Feeder) by Clive Thomas
15.  Writing Merthyr by M. Wynn Thomas
16.  Fishing in Merthyr Tydfil by Nigel Morgan
17.  The Merthyr Wife’s Society, An Enduring Charity by T. F. Holley
18.  The Chartists in Merthyr Tydfil by Viv Pugh
19.  The Isle of Wight, Merthyr Tydfil by T. F. Holley
20.  My Deliberation on Myfanwy by Carl Llewellyn
21.  Bandmaster Ralph Livsey at Salonica  - Transcribed
22.  Dr. David Kinnear Draffin, Merthyr Vale by T. F. Holley
23.  I Knew a Man (Translated from the Welsh) by Llwyd Jones
24.  Revd. Edward Griffith (1819-1891) by Carl Llewellyn
25.  Merthyr Nonconformists from c. 1800 – c. 1850 by Noel Gibbard
26.  An Ephemeral Merthyr Industry , The Willows Wire Works by T. F. Holley
27.  A Letter from a Merthyr Man engaged in the 1939-45 War by Mansel Richards
28.  Merthyr Memories by Rosina Hughes
29.  Brief Book Reviews, John Griffith: The Unmitred Bishop and The Fleet Marriages
30.  Letter re Eisteddfod Medal by Keith Edwards
 
 
VOLUME 20 (2009)  ISBN 0 9544201 6 0  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Some Reminders of Mining Activity on the Aberdare Mountain by Clive Thomas
2. My Merthyr by Lyndon Harris
3. Heroes and Prophets; Keir Hardie and Ramsay MacDonald on Robert Owen by Innes MacLeod
4. Taliesin ab Iolo by Brynley F. Roberts
5. Citadel of Song. Merthyr’s Choral Culture c. 1870-1970 by Gareth Williams
6. Walter George Stone. Merthyr Tydfil Brewer by Nicholas C. Jenkins
7. Summer Excursions, Seasonal Benevolence by T. F. Holley
8. More Merthyr Memories by Rosina Hughes
9. Where Does the Violence Start? By Arthur Lewis Jones
10. A Pupil of Vaynor and Penderyn Grammar School by John Mallon
11. Edward James, 1878-1915: Remembering the Great War by Gerald D. Protheroe
12. A Close Encounter of a Chemical Kind by T. F. Holley
13. Henry Richard – Yet Another Look by Ivor Thomas Rees
14. The Merthyr Tydfil Electric Traction and Lighting Co. Ltd. (Merthyr’s Trams) by Keith Lewis-Jones
 
 
VOLUME 21 (2009) ISBN 0 9544201 7 9  Ed. T.F. Holley
1. Recollections of the Waite Family in the Merthyr Express by Carolyn Jacob
2. Merthyr’s Victorian Middle Class by Joe England
3. 1750’s Field Map of Gellideg Hamlet by Greg Buick
4. John Coke Fowler, 1815-1899, Merthyr Tydfil Stipendiary Magistrate, 1853-1872 by T. F. Holley
5. Dic Penderyn and the Socialist Tradition of 1831 by Viv Pugh
6. Svedenstiema’s Tour of Great Britain, 1802-03 – Transcribed
7. Farming in Merthyr Tydfil by Barrie Jones
8. Tom ‘Tiesen’s’ Life on the Buses of Merthyr Tydfil by Lisa Marie Powell
9. Characters Associated with Dowlais Silver Band by T. F. Holley
10. Evacuee Recollections by Bob Hyatt
11. Recollections of an Octogenarian, Merthyr Tydfil c. 1865 – Transcribed
12. Saunders Lewis, 1893-1985 by Margaret Lloyd
13. Ruth Rees, 1916, Merthyr Nonagenarian, lived in Merthyr Tydfil for 94 years – Transcribed
14. Journeying to Work by M. J. Jones
15. Parc Taf Bargoed, Then and Now by Karl Caiman Griffiths
16. A Biographical Sketch of John Thomas (1795-1871), Ieuan Ddu by Daniel Williams
17. Drawings by David Lewis Jones, Merthyr Tydfil Artist
18. Three black & white pictures
19. Celebration! – 200 Years of Steam Railways by Glyn Bowen
20. Trevithick 2004 Colour Photographs by Glyn Bowen
21. Interesting Book Plate. Tudor Crawshay
 
VOLUME 22 (2011) ISBN 0 9544201 8  7  Ed. T.F. Holley
  1. A Visit to Merthyr Tydfil in 1697 by Brynley F. Roberts
  2. A Pedestrian Tour Through Scotland in 1801: New Lanark before Robert Owen by Innes Macleod
  3. Note for Merthyr Historian by K. H. Edwards
  4. Dr. Charles Richardson White, Merthyr Vale by T. F. Holley
  5. Isaac John Williams, Curator by Scott Reid
  6. The Merthyr Historian. Some Statistics by J. D. Holley
  7. Thomas Evan Nicholas, 1879-1971 by Ivor Thomas Rees
  8. Eira Margaret Smith: A Personal Tribute by Huw Williams
  9. Saint Tydfil’s Hospital 1957. A House Physicians Recollections by Brian Loosmore
  10. John Devonald, 1863-1936. Aberfan Musician and Remembrancer of Musicians by T. F. Holley
  11. The Remarkable Berry Brothers by Joe England
  12. Albert de Ritzen: Merthyr Tydfil’s Stipendiary Magistrate 1872-1876 by Huw Williams
  13. A Scrap of Autobiography by Charles Wilkins, Annotated by His Great Grandson by John V. Wilkins, OBE
  14. Industrial History of Colliers Row Site and Environs by Royston Holder (the late)
  15. The Life of Maria Carini by Lisa Marie Powell
  16. Lecture by J. C. Fowler, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, 1872 ‘Civilisation in South Wales - Transcribed
  17. Gwyn Griffiths -‘The Author of our Anthem. Poems by Evan James’ - Book Review by Brian Davies
  18. Enid Guest - ‘Daughter of an Ironmaster’ by Mary Owen - Book Review by Ceinwen Statter
  19. Caepanttywyll - A Lost Community by Christopher Parry
  20. Revd. James Colquhoun Campbell (in four parts) - T. F. Holley
        (A) The Social Condition of Merthyr Tydfil, 1849
        (B) The Venerable Archdeacon Campbell, 1859, Biography
        (C) St. David’s Church, Merthyr Tydfil, Visited, 1860
        (D) J. C. Campbell and the Census Record, Research by Mrs. C. Jacob
  1. Interesting Book Plate
 
VOLUME 23 (2012) ISBN 0 9544201 9 5  Ed. T.F. Holley
  1. Vince Harris, 1904-1987 by Margaret Lloyd
  2. All Change for Plymouth: A Year in the Life of a Mining Engineer by Clive Thomas
  3. Who Was The Real Lydia Fell? by Christine Trevett
  4. Sewage Pollution of the Taff and the Merthyr Tydfil Local Board (1868-1871) by Leslie Rosenthal
  5. Redmond Coleman, the Iron Man from Iron Lane by Carolyn Jacob
  6. The Assimilation and Acculturation of the Descendants of Early 20th Century Spanish Industrial Immigrants to Merthyr by Stephen Murray
  7. David Williams, High Constable, Merthyr Tydfil 1878-1880 by T. F. Holley
  8. John Collins, V.C. by Malcolm Kenneth Payne
  9. Marvellous Merthyr Boy - Transcribed
  10. A Remarkable and Most Respected Enterprise, J. Howfield & Son, Merthyr Tydfil, 1872-2001 by Mary Owen
  11. The Uncrowned Iron King (The First William Crawshay) by J. D. Evans
  12. Watkin George 1759-1822, The Mechanical Genius of Cyfarthfa, The Pride of Pontypool by Wilf Owen
  13. Opencast History (Illustrated) by Royston Holder
  14. The Laundry Trade by T. F. Holley
  15. Grand Concert at the Oddfellows Hall, Dowlais - Transcribed
  16. Guidelines for Contributors - By courtesy of the Glamorgan History Society
 
VOLUME 24 (2012) Ed. T.F. Holley
  1. Elphin, Literary Magistrate: Magisterial Commentator by Brynley Roberts
  2. Picturing ‘The Member For Humanity’. J. M. Staniforth’s Cartoons of Keir Hardie, 1894-1914 by Chris Williams
  3. William Morris, Yr Athraw and the ‘Blue Books’ by Huw Williams
  4. Hugh Watkins by Carl Llewellyn and J. Ann Lewis
  5. Gomer Thomas J.P. 1863-1935 by Wilf and Mary Owen
  6. Oddfellows and Chartists by Lyndon Harris
  7. Revd. John Roberts, Ieuan Gwyllt, Composer of Hymns by G. Parry Williams
  8. Georgetown? How Was It? By Clive Thomas
  9. Book Review: Bargoed and Gilfach - A Local History
  10. A History of Ynysgau Chapel by Steven Brewer
  11. ‘Mr Merthyr’ S.O. Davies 1886-1972 by Rev. Ivor Thomas Rees
  12. Historical Farms of Merthyr Tydfil by John Griffiths Reviewed by Keith Lewis-Jones
  13. National Service, Doctor With The Gurkhas by Brian Loosmoore
  14. A Year of Anniversaries: Reflections on Local History 1972-2012 by Huw Williams
  15. The Family of Dr. Thomas Rees, Revisited by John Mallon
  16. Merthyr District Coffee Tavern Movement, 1880 by T. F. Holley
  17. Henry Richard (1812-1888) - Apostle of Peace and Patriot by Gwyn Griffiths
  18. Owen Morgan - Miners’ Reporter by Brian Davies
  19. The Tredegar Riots of 1911 - Anti Liberalism ‘The Turbulent Years of 1910-1914’ by Lisa Marie Powell
  20. Adulum Chapel by Carl Llewellyn
  21. Cyfarthfa’s Curnow Vosper Archive by Gwyn Griffiths
  22. Whithorn Gas, 1870 by Innes Macleod
  23. A Journey from Merthyr to Sydney, A Talented Portrait Painter by Graham John Wilcox
  24. The Merthyr Bus Rallies by Glyn Bowen
 
Volume 25 (2013)  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. The Merthyr Tydfil 1835 Election Revisited, Lady Charlotte Guest’s Account by E (Ted) Rowlands
2. John Josiah Guest at Auction by Huw Williams
3. Conway and Sons Dairies Ltd. - Some Notes by G. Conway
4. John Petherick; Merthyr’s Man of Africa by John Fletcher
5. Travels in the Valleys. Book Review by Glyn Bowen
6. Plaques by John D. Holley
7. William Thomas Lewis 1837-1914 by A Family Member
8. Boom Towns by Brian Loosmore
9. The Taff Valley Tornado 1913 by Stephen Brewer
10. Plaques by John D. Holley
11. From Mule Train to Diesel Lorries. The Dowlais Iron Company Connects the Coast by Wilf Owen
12. Review CD. Some of the History of Merthyr Tudful and District via Its Place Names by John & Gwilym Griffiths by Keith Lewis-Jones
13. Caedraw Primary School, 1875-1912 by Clive Thomas
14. Charles Butt Stanton, 1873-1946 by Revd, Ivor Thomas Rees
15. The Merthyr and Dowlais Steam Laundry Limited, 1891 by T. F. Holley
16. Dynamism, Diligence, Energy and Wealth. Trade and Commerce in Merthyr Tydfil 1800-1914 by Mary Owen
17. YMCA. Merthyr Tydfil Lecture 1861 by J. C. Fowler - Transcribed
18. John Nixon and the Welsh Coal Trade to France by Brian Davies
19. Tydfil School, Merthyr Tydfil, 1859-1873 by Evan Williams - Transcribed
20. Gossiping in Merthyr Tydfil by Carolyn Jacob
21. Penywern to Pontsarn. The Story of the Morlais Tunnel. The Writer’s Early Impressions by A. V. Phillips
22. Short History of the Thomas-Merthyr Colliery Company. Merthyr Tydfil, 1906-1946 by Ronald Llewellyn Thomas - Transcribed
23. Morien and Echos of Iolo Morgannwg by T. F. Holley
24. Merthyr Tydfil’s Stipendiary Magistracy and Walter Meyrick North (1886-1900): A Case Study by Huw Williams
 
Volume 26 (2014) ISBN 978 0 9929810 0 6 Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Three Generations of a Dowlais Medical Family 1860-1964 by Stuart Cresswell
2. Viscount Tredegar, Balaclava Veteran, 1913 by T. F. Holley
3. What Makes a Country Great? Lecture by Stipendiary Magistrate - J. C. Fowler - 1858
4. Billy ‘The Doll’ Williams by Malcolm K. Payne
5. Evan James, Dr. William Price and Iolo Morganwg’s Utopia by Brian Davies
6. John A. Owen (1936-1998), Dowlais Historian: An Appreciation by Huw Williams
7. Welsh Women and Liberation from Home: Feminist or Activist? By Lisa Marie Powell
8. Gwilym Harry (1792-1844), Unitarian - Farmer - Poet by Lyndon Harris
9. ‘Aunt’ Emma’s Ronnie by Clive Thomas
10. Morgan Williams: Merthyr’s Forgotten Leader by Joe England
11. Matthew Wayne (1780-1853) by Wilf Owen
12. The Contribution of Hunting to the 1914-18 War, 1914 by T. F. Holley
13. The Difficulties of M.T.C.B.C.’s Financial Management and Administration, 1926-1937: Maladministration, Political Ideology or Economic Reality? By Barrie Jones
14. The Rail Accident at Merthyr Station, 1874 by Stephen Brewer
15. Courtland House, 1851 by Mary Owen
16. Formation of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Brass Bands Association, 1891 by T. F. Holley
17. Moses Jones (1819-1901) by Annette Barr
18. Dr Richard Samuel Ryce, M.D. M.Ch.: An Irish Doctor by T. F. Holley
19. Cwmtaf - A Drowning of the Valley and its Consequences by Gwyneth Evans
20. A Professor Gwyn A. Williams Symposium
a. Recollections of Professor Gwyn Williams, University of York, 1967-70 by Frances Finnegan
b. Memories of Gwyn at York by Brian Davies
c. Professor Gwyn Alf Williams. A Personal Remembrance by Viv Pugh
21. Merthyr Tydfil at War, 1914 by Stephen Brewer
22. Photo Feature - Archaeology by T. F. Holley
 
Volume 27 (2015) ISBN 978 0 9929810 1 3  Ed. T.F. Holley
 
1. Dr William Price and Merthyr’s political history by Brian Davies
2. John Nixon gives way to Ynysowen by Clive Thomas
3. Charles Horace Jones, a rough tough poet in a rough tough town, a Merthyr character remembered by Carolyn Jacob & Beverley Robins
4. Some aspects of printing and publishing in Merthyr Tydfil by Brynley F. Roberts
5. The Morgans of the Grawen & Bolgoed by Wilf Owen including
• Obituary: John Williams Morgan (1920-2014) by Mary Owen &
• The Morgan link with the Formans of Penydarren by Wilf Owen
6. 1940. A remarkable year by Josh Powell
7. Helen Hughes: The Welsh harper by Innes Macleod
8. Titles printed in Merthyr Tydfil. Short list by Brynley f. Roberts
9. What has Merthyr Tydfil ever done for us? by Joe England
10. Scouting in Merthyr Tydfil by Malcolm Kenneth Payne
11. The story of Captain John Percival Morgan (RASC) and the massacre at Civitella, 1944 by Dee La Vardera
12. Rebirth of Vulcan House by Lyndon Harris
13. Rourke’s Drift: The unlikely birthplace of the Welsh Grammar school by John Fletcher
14. Memories of Cyfarthfa High School by Mary Owen
15. Evan’s and Jones’s of Dowlais, iron and steel, coal, politics, law and medicine by Malcolm Kenneth Payne
16. In praise of ‘the people’s park’ Thomastown Park - the first century by Caroline Owen
17. Alun Gower Thomas by Mary Owen
18. Merthyr’s first and last by Ivor Thomas Rees
19. Merthyr Tydfil county borough’s treasurers, 1908-1974 by Barrie Jones
20. A history of Saron Chapel, Troedyrhiw by Steven Brewer
21. Twynywaun and its fair to the end of the nineteenth century by Judith Jones
22. A Quakers’ Yard Trilogy
• Quakers’ Yard Grammar School - Some Reminiscences by Megan Jones
• Reminiscences of Quakers’ Yard Grammar School by Christine Jones (now Trevett) 1958-65
• Some Reminiscences by Angus Gwynne
 
 
 
 Volume 28 (2017) ISBN  978 0 9929810-2-0  Eds. Christine Trevett and Huw Williams
 
An Editorial Statement
1. Ars Gratia Artis: Popular Culture and the Making of Modern Merthyr Tydfil by Huw Williams
2. Rediscovering J.O. Francis (1882-1956) The Distinguished Merthyr-born Playwright by Mary Owen
3. Pilgrimage of a Vagabond: The Harry H. W. Southey Story by Christopher Parry
4. More Than Just a Bed-cover, More Than Just a Dress by Christine Trevett
5. Disestablishment of the Church in Wales: An Anniversary Note by David Lee
6. Isaac Craigfryn Hughes of Quakers Yard: Colliery, Culture and the Common Man by Christine Trevett
7. William Warde Fowler: From Gwaelod y Garth House to Ancient Rome by Christine Trevett
8. The Royal Crescent Allotments 1917-2017 by Hywel Mathews
9. George Jones (Talfyrydd): A Forgotten Local Historian by Brynley Roberts
10. The Taff in Poetry and Paint: An Appreciation of “A Fold in the River” by Philip Gross and Valerie Coffin Price by the Editors
Biographies of Contributors
 
 
Volume 29 (2018) ISBN 978 0 9929810 5 1 Eds. Christine Trevett and Huw Williams
 
An Editorial Statement
1918-2018:  Peace, War and Womanhood
1.   1918 and Women’s Suffrage: Glimpses of The Merthyr Tydfil Region on the Road to the Vote - by Christine Trevett
2.   The Bereaved Mothers of Wales: Minnie James and the Temple of Peace and Health, Cardiff - by Peter Garwood
3.   ‘To Respect the Remembrance of her Children’: World War I Memorial at Tabernacl Welsh Independent Chapel, Perrott Street, Treharris by Eirlys Emery
4.   Finding Private Francis: A Piece of Glamorgan Family History by Mary Owen
5.   Sudden Death of Mr Henry Richard, M.P. (Transcription) by Steve Brewer
6.   Libanus Chapel, Quakers Yard and the Birth of the Local Independent Cause by Steve Brewer
7.   Dora Lipsett 1892-1982: From Russia’s Domain to Dowlais, Transcription and Postscript by Carl Llewellyn
8.   A Quaker Girlhood in Merthyr (1891-1913) and What She Didn’t Say by Christine Trevett
9.   The Troedyrhiw Gleemen by Carl Llewellyn
10. Chinese Comedy at Merthyr 1906 and 1926, and the Kinds of People Who Performed by J.D., T.F. ad V.A. Holley
11. The Rise and Fall of Council Housing in Twentieth-Century Merthyr Tydfil by Daryl Leeworthy
12. Farm Studies in Merthyr Tudful (With Particular Reference to Pen Y Lan) by John Griffiths
13. Ars Gratia Artis: Popular Culture and the Making of Modern Merthyr Tydfil: Part Two by Huw Williams
Biographies of Contributors
 
 
 
Volume 30 (2019) ISBN 978 0 992981 0  6   Eds.  Christine Trevett and Huw Williams
 
An Editorial Statement
A tribute to Dr T. Fred Holley at 90
1. Three Merthyr Artists (with particular Reference to William Gillies Gair) by T.F. Holley and J.D. Holley
2.  The Crown Inn, Merthyr,  in the Nineteenth Century  by Richard Clements
3. Facets of Faenor (Vaynor) by Lyndon Harris
4.  David Irwyn Thomas of Treharris (1923-2018): a Story of Wartime Survival and Search by David Irwyn Thomas
5. ‘Yr Aberth Fwyaf’ (‘The Greatest Sacrifice’): Words, Images, Messages and Emotions in the First World War Memorials in Merthyr  Tydfil County Borough  by Gethin Matthews 
6. Sir Pendrill Charles Varrier-Jones (1883-1941): The Papworth Medical Scheme and the Fight Against Tuberculosis  by Huw Williams
7. J.D. Williams Jeweller, High Street, Merthyr and an iconic building  by Carl Llewellyn
8. Merthyr Tydfil and industry - decline and commemoration, 1859 and 1899 (transcriptions and photograph) by Stephen Brewer
9. Rhyd –y-Car, Wales’  most popular  cottages: a  success  in Preservation   by Clive Thomas  
10. Penry Williams: from Georgetown to Rome – Journey of an Artist  by  Ben Price    
11.   From Zero to Hero:  William Thomas, Brynawel (1832-1903), Mining Engineer  by T. Fred Holley
Biographies of Contributors
 
 
Volume 31 (2021) ISBN 978-0-9929810-7-5 Christine Trevett & Huw Williams, Editors
 
An Editorial Statement
1.   Penydarren born Frank T. Davies, 1904-1981, pioneer geophysicist and polar explorer by Roger Evans
2.   Science at the cusp: Caedraw 1887 and education in Merthyr by John Fletcher
3.   ‘Whom the gods love, die young’: the frail genius of Harry Evans, conductor by T. Fred Holley & John Holley
4.   ‘Kathleen Ferrier slept in my bed’: musical celebrities and wartime Merthyr Vale by Mair Attwood
5.   Robert Rees the Morlais Nightingale by Stephen Brewer
6.   The female drunkard in the mid nineteenth century by Barrie Jones
7.   Cefn Glas: a forgotten colliery by Clive Thomas
8.   Emlyn Davies, Dowlais draper: a family, flannel and local business history by Alan Owen
9.   Merthyr relief and social work in the worst of times: Margaret Gardner (1889-1966) by Christine Trevett
10. Appeal and response, Merthyr’s need 1930-31, from The Skip Collection by Clive Thomas & Christine Trevett
11. Pulpit and platform, revival, reservations and reforms:  the work of the Rev. John Thomas (1854-1911) at Soar, Merthyr Tydfil by Noel Gibbard
12. The Rev.G.M. Maber, Merthyr and the poet Robert Southey’s Welsh Walks by Barrie Jones
13. The drums go bang, the cymbals clang. Three bands, Troedyrhiw 1921 by T. Fred Holley & John Holley
14. The railways of Pant and Dowlais towards the end of steam … by Alistair V. Phillips
15. Review: Merthyr Tydfil Corporation Omnibus Dept. by Keith L. Lewis- Jones
16. From Dudley to Dover and Dowlais: Black Country tram sales and their brief second careers by Andrew Simpson
17. The Troedyrhiw Lido: some geographical and historical reflections by Clive Thomas
18. ‘Here’s health to the Kaiser!’ Patriotic incident at Treharris, 1914 by Christine Trevett
19. Lady Charlotte and Sir John: the Guest family at large. A review essay on recent books. by Huw Williams
20. Dr Brian Loosmore (1932-2019). An Appreciation by T. Fred Holley
21. ‘Rather less than four pence’: A case of benefits in Merthyr Tydfil in 1933 (transcribed) by John Dennithorne
Biographies of Contributors
 
VOLUME 32 (2022)
 
FOREWORD: Lord Ted RowlandsREGIONAL MAP        WELCOME TO OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY VOLUMEI.        the road that runs through it …       
  •   Clive Thomas, ‘History, geography and the construction of the new A.470 from Abercynon to Abercanaid’. A photographic account with commentary    
II. PUBLIC HEALTH and welfare    
  • Christine Trevett, ‘The Idiot of Cefn Fforest farm: learning disability, lunacy and the law in 17th century Merthyr parish’
  • Transcription, ‘Visit to the Merthyr Sewage Farm’ (1872,South  Wales Daily News)      
  • Huw Williams, ‘A North South divide and the Troedyrhiw Sewerage  Farm: a case study in local history’
  • Bleddyn Hancock, ‘Fighting for breath, fighting for justice: how a small Welsh Trade Union took on the British government on behalf of tens of thousands of coal miners suffering and dying from chest disease’   
III. WAR, COMMEMORATION AND  PEACEMAKING      
  • Eirlys Emeryet al.,‘Treharris remembers – Treharris yn cofio: a recent community project to record the past’
  • Gethin Matthews,‘Honour to whom honour is due’: reports of First World War unveilings in the Merthyr Express, with special reference to those in the south of the Borough’
  • Craig Owen,‘Born of Bedlinog - the man who united nations. The Rev. Gwilym Davies, world peacemaker’
IV. Communities and  PROJECTS      
  • Mansell Richards, ‘The Gateway to Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Plinths project’
  • David Collier, ‘The Saron graveyard project, Troedyrhiw’
V. LOCAL POLITICS AND WORKERS’ EDUCATION            
  • Martin Wright, ‘Aspects of Socialism south of Merthyr andin Taff Bargoed in the 1890s: a window on Labour’s pre-history’
  • Daryl Leeworthy, ‘Workers’ Education in the lowerCounty Borough: a brief history of an enduring idea’
VI. BALLADMONGERS AND MUSIC MAKERS      
  • Stephen Brewer, ‘Idloes Owen, founder of Welsh National Opera’  
  • Alun Francis, ‘Getting your timing right at Glantaff Stores - and what happened next’ 
  • Wyn James, ‘The Ballads of Troed -y-Rhiw’      
VII. sport AND OUR COMMUNITIES             
  • Alun Morgan, ‘1950s football rivalry between Merthyr Town and the Troedyrhiw-Treharris clubs’      
  • Ivor Jones ‘A community and its sport, a short history of Bedlinog Rugby Football Club’
VIII. this book WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT …  
  • John Holley and T.Fred Holley, ‘Troedyrhiw Horticulture1876 –’    
IX.  OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY: SOME HISTORY      
  • Clive Thomas, ‘Before heritage began to matter. Only the beginnings’             
  • The Society’s Archivist: an interview    
 

Volume 33 (2023) ISBN 978-1-7391627-0-2 Christine Trevett & Huw Williams, Editors  

Editor's Introduction
1. A local History Appreciated, by Huw Williams
2. Helping the Historians of the Future, by Clive Thomas
3. The History of Garthnewydd House, by Lucy Richardson
4. Creating Methyr Tydfil Educational Settlement (1930-1949) by Christine Trevett
5. Eisteddfod Methyr Tydfil a'r cylch 1959-1962, by John Fletcher
6. Japanese Naval Commander at Merthyr 1902 (Transcription), by T.Fred Holley and John D Holley
7. Mary Emmeline Horsfall, the Lady of Gwernllwyn House: art, philanthropy and the workless in Dowlais, by Christine Trevett
8. A Merthyr man's wartime service in His Majesty's Royal Navy, by Brian, Peter & Barrie Jones
9. The dark side of convict life - the career of Harry Williams  b.1876, by Barrie Jones
10. The White Horse, Twynyrodyn in the 19th Century, by Richard Clements
11. The first aeronaut in Merthyr, 1847  (transcription) 
12. Evacuees in the Borough's wards  1940 (transcription), by Steven Brewer
13. Putting Merthyr Tydfil on the map, by Clive Thomas
14. Honouring a Dowlais Musician, John Evans (Eos  Myddrin) 1841-1905. (transcription) by T.Fred Holley and John D. Holley
15. Gurnos Farm and the Cyfarthfa Estate, by Alison Thomas Davies
16. Treharris pithead baths and The Lancet 1908 (transcription)
17. The Lavernock tragedy 1888 and its Aberfan memorial, by Steven Brewer
18. The 'Earthly Eden' which was dry and rustic, Trewlewis. Newspaper items and commentary
19. Chess in Merthyr, by Martyn Griffiths
20. Lewys Glyn Cynon, Merthyr Vale Poet,  by T.Fred Holley and John D.Holley


Volume 34 (2024) ISBN 978-1-7391627-1-9 Christine Trevett & Huw Williams, Editors  

1. Editors Introduction
2. Remembering Brian Davies
3. The Welsh Heritage School's Initiative. Winner of the 2024 MTDHS Prize
4. Carlton Working man's hotel. "A great boon to Merthyr (1911). Transcription by Carl Llewellyn
5. DENIED! Welshman Cuthbert Taylor and the abolition of boxing's colour bar, by Bill Williams
6. A Railway walk from Pantyscallog (High level) Halt to Torpantau Station (1961), by Alistair Phillips
7. The history of Merthyr Newspapers, by R. Rhys Davies and Carl Llewellyn
8. Harris Schwartz: family, furniture and Merthyr's Jewish community recalled, by Rita (Schwartz) Silverman
9. Apprenticing a chemist in Dowlais , 1880, and those concerned,  by Christine Trevett
10. The Almanack and Year Book 1897 Merthyr Tydfil, by Mary Owen
11. The history of the education movement in the parish of Merthyr Tydfil (to 1896),  by H.W.Southey, transcribed by Mary Owen
12. The Quaker's Yard Truant School: some glimpses of its history,  by Steven Brewer, Carolyn Jacob and Christine Trevett
13. A School form the ashes. The British Tip and some reflections on the final years of Abermorlais School,  by Clive Thomas
14. A Little Gay History of Merthyr Tydfil, by Daryl Leeworthy
15. From Troedrhiw to California. Welsh Immigrants in the Mount Diabolo Coalfield, by David Collier
26. A History of Nonconformity in Dowlais,  by Steven Brewer
27. The 'Mighty Morlais': a study in the history of Morlais castle and its significant figures, by Benedict Bray
28. Out and About with Cerddwyson, by T Fred Holley and John D.Holley
29. Our Excursion to Swansea (Transcription),  by Steven Brewer

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