The Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society is pleased to announce that, despite all of the difficulties due to Covid-19, volume 31 of the Merthyr Historian is now for sale.
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Merthyr Historian Volume 31 – Contents |
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| Chapter 1 | Penydarren born Frank T Davies, 1904-1981, pioneer, geophysicist and polar explorer | Roger Evans |
| Chapter 2 | Science at the cusp: Caedraw 1887 and education in Merthyr | John Fletcher |
| Chapter 3 | ‘Whom the gods love, die young’: the frail genius of Harry Evans, conductor | T Fred Holley & John Holley |
| Chapter 4 | ‘Kathleen Ferrier slept in my bed’: musical celebrities and wartime Merthyr Vale | Mair Attwood |
| Chapter 5 | Robert Rees: the Morlais Nightingale | Stephen Brewer |
| Chapter 6 | The female drunkard in the mid nineteenth century | Barrie Jones |
| Chapter 7 | Cefn Glas: a forgotten colliery | Clive Thomas |
| Chapter 8 | Emlyn Davies, Dowlais Draper: a family flannel and local business history | Alan Owen |
| Chapter 9 | Merthyr relief and social work in the worst of times: Margaret Gardner (1889-1966) | Christine Trevett |
| Chapter 10 | Appeal and response, Merthyr’s need 1930-31, from The Skip Collection | Clive Thomas & Christine Trevett |
| Chapter 11 | Pulpit and platform, revival reservations and reforms: the work of the Rev John Thomas (1854-1911) at Soar, Merthyr Tydfil | Noel Gibbard |
| Chapter 12 | The Rev G M Maber, Merthyr and the poet Robert Southey’s Welsh Walks | Barrie Jones |
| Chapter 13 | The drums go bang, the cymbals clang. Three bands, Troedyrhiw 1921 | T Fred Holley & John Holley |
| Chapter 14 | The railways of Pant and Dowlais towards the end of steam | Alistair V Phillips |
| Chapter 15 | Book Review: Merthyr Tydfil Corporation Omnibus Dept. | Keith L Lewis-Jones |
| Chapter 16 | From Dudley to Dover and Dowlais: Black Country tram sales and their brief second careers | Andrew Simpson |
| Chapter 18 | ‘Here’s health to the Kaiser!’ Patriotic incident at Treharris, 1914 | Christine Trevett |
| Chapter 19 | Lady Charlotte and Sir John: the Guest family at large. A review essay on recent books | Huw Williams |
| Chapter 20 | Dr Brian Loosmore (1932-2019). An Appreciation | T Fred Holly |
| Chapter 21 | ‘Rather less than four pence’: A case of benefits in Merthyr Tydfil in 1933 (transcribed) |
John Dennithorne |
It is a mammoth volume at350+ pages long and priced at £12.50 (plus postage & packing).
If anyone would like a copy of the book, please contact me at merthyr.history@gmail.com and I will forward your request to the appropriate person.