Nostalgic memories of Merthyr Tydfil's local history

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I am researching the Jones family. Ebenezer and Emelia were married 10th.Oct 1789, in St.Tydfil's Church, Merthyr Tydfil.Their daughter Mary was married to David Richards, and are my GGG f and mX3.I'm searching for Ebenezer and Emelia's birth and death dates and names of their parents, which are not recorded on the marriage banns,.Any information would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted anytime on my g-mail account, which is; evanstylerancestry@gmail.com Ken Evans.
My grandparents lived in Penydarren all their lives. I just wonder if anyone remembers them, their names were Dai and Tydfil and they lived on the High Street. They had a daughter Joan and my granny worked at the Triang factory in the sixties. We spent all our holidays with them and we used to spend a lot of our time in a cafe called Basinis on the High Street. I remember Howard Winstone (the boxer) coming home after he won the title; we were so proud of him.
MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS LIVED IN PLAY HOUSE COURT IN 1871. THEY CAME ORIGINALLY FROM CORNWALL AND DEVON.MY GREAT GRANDDADS NAME WAS THOMAS AND HIS WIFE WAS EMIELIA BOTH ARE BURIED AT CENFCOED CEMETRY WITH ONE OF THIER SONS, JOHN. WHICH I'VE JUST FOUND OUT. MY GRANDPARENTS LEFT MERTHYYR TO LIVE IN PENRHIWCIEBER. I'D BE VERY GRATEFUL IF I DO HAVE ANY RELATIONS IN MERTHYR TYDFIL WOULD CONTACT ME.
My Great Great grandfather used to manage or own this hotel in 1911. His name was John Green and his wife was Elizabeth Green, my great grandmother, (their daughter) was Verena Green. If anybody has any information on them I would love to hear it.
I was about 14 and my friend Alan Davies and I used to walk from Twynyrodyn on a Sunday morning to Morlais Castle. There we would wonder and speculate about its history and what battles were fought there. How many people died and on what spot. Were we standing on a patch of ground that had seen blood and gore? That was a glorious summer in Merthyr as I remember it.