Merthyr Historian Volume 29

Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society are proud to announce the publication of the latest edition of the Merthyr Historian.

The contents of this volume are:-

Part 1 – 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

Part 2

1. Libanus Chapel, Quakers Yard and the Birth of the Local Independent Cause) by Steve Brewer
2. Dora Lipsett 1892-1982: From Russia’s Domain to Dowlais, Transcription and Postscript by Carl Llewellyn
3. A Quaker Girlhood in Merthyr (1891-1913) and What She Didn’t Say by Christine Trevett
4. The Troedyrhiw Gleemen by Carl Llewellyn
5. Chinese Comedy at Merthyr 1906 and 1926, and the Kinds of People Who Performed by J.D., T.F. And V.A. Holley
6. The Rise and Fall of Council Housing in Twentieth-Century Merthyr Tydfil by Daryl Leeworthy
7. Farm Studies in Merthyr Tudful (With Particular Reference to Pen Y Lan) by John Griffiths
8. Ars Gratia Artis: Popular Culture and the Making of Modern Merthyr Tydfil: Part Two by Huw Williams