The Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society has received the following via e-mail….
I would like to start by introducing myself. My name is Megan Bloor and I am a Second year University student at USW.
I’m currently part of a research project headed up by one of most well respected History lecturers, titled ‘Sporting Heroes’. This is a project which aims to educate and inform local communities and their sporting as well as their cultural heritage with the end goal of producing information boards which will be displayed in local changing rooms and sport facilities.
As a keen research team we would be immeasurably grateful for any useful information, names or links you could provide about the local area which we trust would help improve our search and the quality of information we can provide. The main sports we are looking into in this project are Football, Rugby, Tennis , Boxing and Cricket although we would welcome information on any sport you would be willing to offer. We are interested in male and female sporting figures as well as figures of all race, ages and those who were disabled as we hope for our research to be as inclusive and diverse as possible.
Aside from any online sources you could provide if there are any local/ historical newspaper or magazine articles/ pictures you would wish to include this would also be greatly appreciated as we would like to build as clear a picture as we can.
I want to thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Megan Bloor
If anyone has anything they would like to share, please get in touch via the e-mail address (merthyr.history@gmail.com) and I will pass on any information.