A Coal Mining Community Started In 1853
A Memory of Troedrhiwfuwch.
My late father was born in Troedrhiwfuwch on 16th Feb 1917. His name was David Thomas Harris, mainly known as Dai Tom.
He lived in a terrace house later turned into a shop. He lived there with six other brothers and sisters. His grandfather worked down the pit, his father worked down the pit. He went to school there. In 1927 Glamorgan council awarded Dai Tom a silver medal for not having a day off in three years, a good attendance medal. On his 14th birthday he then went down the pit. He worked there for 10 years.
There is a book about Pontlottyn and Troedrhiwfuwch with photos by Jervis R Pearce printed in 1985.
I have been there not so long ago and the whole place has gone without a trace.
Sadly my father passed away 10th June 2010. He and his kind will be greatly missed, just like the place.
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