Talk:Pontypridd

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Mind-dump of what can be added

  • Try the Ponty Town message board for answers to everything posted below:
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  • More on sports. Pont RFC, Ponty AFC, Glamorgan cricket in the park, the old Ponty football team
  • Ynysangharad park
  • More on the canals
  • More on the bridge
  • Brown Lenox chainworks
  • The rocking stone
  • The churches
  • The market
  • coal mines, including the Albion Colliery disaster
  • pubs
  • the historical centre
  • ...

[edit] Tom Jones

Where was Tom Jones born? Was it Trefforest, or Pontypridd? --Rebroad 23:18, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Treforest gives a street address of 57, Kingsland Terrace -- RupertB 22:00, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Can any one tell me whether there was a theatre (called the Star) in Pontypridd in the 1860's? Any information about it would be useful. Also Does Gelliwasted maean anything? Also In the 1860's what churches were there in Pontypridd in the mid-Victorian era?

Gelliwastad would translate as "level wood", where "gelli" means "small wood" and "(g)wastad" means level. Varitek 01:14, 6 November 2005 (UTC)


I have removed David Halloway, I have never heard of him (either as a local DJ or as an adult entertainer - is this a joke? Can anyone provide any more details. AND 'the best live location in Wales' is REALLY biased.Count Of The Saxon Shore 22:11, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of Glamorgan

When was it relocated from Trefforest? Countersubject 10:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trefforest

There seems to be some confusion about the status of Trefforest. At one point the article says that Pontypridd incorporates the village of Trefforest; at another, it refers to neighbouring Trefforest, and this page has a question as to whether Tom Jones was born in one or the other. The Trefforest article simply states that it is a small village to the south-east of Pontypridd. Countersubject 16:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

... so I removed the reference to Trefforest as part of Pontypridd Countersubject 13:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)