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RailpageTransport for Wales hosts parcel lockers at its stations <a href="http://dlvr.it/TN4gpv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://dlvr.it/TN4gpv</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caerphilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Caerphilly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LisvaneandThornhill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LisvaneandThornhill</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Llandaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Llandaf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a>

נאריש זשלאָב מענטשThe transformation into a museum exhibit is always a bit odd. Wales has 2k Jews which is .07% of the population. As I understand it, 0 Jews live in Merthyr Tydfil."Plans to turn the oldest remaining <a href="https://babka.social/tags/synagogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#synagogue</a> building in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a> into a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Welsh</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> cultural centre have been officially submitted.A planning application and an application for listed building consent from the Foundation for Jewish Heritage have been put in to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> Council for the repair and restoration of the Grade II listed synagogue in Church Street and Grade II listed Primrose Hill to provide a Welsh Jewish Cultural Centre."<a href="https://nation.cymru/news/plans-submitted-for-new-welsh-jewish-cultural-centre/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nation.cymru/news/plans-submitted-for-new-welsh-jewish-cultural-centre/</a>

Mike In The Autumn GardenI called into TkMaxx/Home Sense lunchtime in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> to avoid the rain and was confronted with this enormous <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/pumpkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pumpkin</a>. This could be yours for two hundred and ninety-nine of your whole pounds and ninety - nine of your pennies.It was rather spectacular. And <a href="https://toot.wales/@druid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@druid</a>, no, I didn't buy it. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#halloween</a>

Robert SanscartierAbercynon railway track damaged in heat as disruption continuesTrain travel disruption has continued for a second day after the scorching weather damaged parts of a rail track.Road replacement services have been laid on between Pontypridd, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil due to a track defect at Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clymdp3p54no" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clymdp3p54no</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pontypridd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pontypridd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aberdare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aberdare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IrreversibleOverheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IrreversibleOverheating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UpheavalClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UpheavalClimate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a>

Reform UKNewly-recruited Reform councillor under fire after voicemail message branded racist<blockquote>A newly-recruited Reform councillor is under fire for comments made about the Pakistani community in a voicemail left to a journalist.On Wednesday 18 June, Councillor Andrew Barry, who is a Reform councillor for Merthyr Tydfil Council, left a voicemail seemingly in error to an ITV Wales journalist. In it, he is having a conversation with an unknown second person about the benefits system and housing. He goes on to say: “They’re putting the immigrants in the HMOs. They’re everywhere. The problem we’ve got, no one’s interested… (Inaudible)[…]<a href="https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2025-06-23/reform-councillor-under-fire-after-voicemail-message-branded-racist" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Newly-recruited Reform councillor under fire after voicemail message branded racist, ITV</a></blockquote> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/andrew-barry/" target="_blank">#AndrewBarry</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/merthyr-tydfil/" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/racism/" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/category/in-the-news/they-said-that/" target="_blank">#TheySaidThat_</a>

chexumI should have known more about the history of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SinclairC5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SinclairC5</a> and how it’s associated with the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> Hoover factory, but it still caught me by surprise to see a specimen in a castle in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a>.

RailpageBetter rail / bus connections for South Wales town could see three buildings demolished <a href="http://dlvr.it/THy5BD" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://dlvr.it/THy5BD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RailNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RailNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthWalesMetro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthWalesMetro</a>

CaitlinThe mouth of Morlais Tunnel, near Merthyr, one year ago. This was the trip that gave me the unfulfilled idea of doing YouTube videos touring disused railways, but in ... specialist-interest outfits 🤭 <a href="https://pix.lgbt/discover/tags/Cymru?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cymru</a> <a href="https://pix.lgbt/discover/tags/Wales?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://pix.lgbt/discover/tags/MerthyrTydfil?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a>

RailpageBrecon Mountain Railway announces first diesel day <a href="http://dlvr.it/TFFP0s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://dlvr.it/TFFP0s</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BreconMountainRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BreconMountainRailway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narrowgauge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#narrowgauge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RailNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RailNews</a>

Athro Rob<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> & <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Aberdare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aberdare</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GE2024</a>

Rosie Walters"The town [Merthyr Tydfil], which had been plunged into poverty and unemployment after coalmine closures, had plenty of willing volunteers."<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/02/viagra-inventor-welsh-miners-began-rise-dr-david-brown" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/02/viagra-inventor-welsh-miners-began-rise-dr-david-brown</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Viagra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Viagra</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a>

Extinction Rebellion CardiganXR occupation at Ffos-y-Fran illegal coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil.March on the Mine ~ Cerdded i'r Gloddfa Family friendly protest Saturday 8th July 10am-1pm Full details: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1434387573984079" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/1434387573984079</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StopCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopCoal</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FfosYFran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FfosYFran</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ExtinctionRebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExtinctionRebellion</a>

Rita SingerThe community project "Valleys Re-Told" currently run by Museum Wales uses art to discover and share community knowledge about their own history and heritage.One of the activities they have been undertaking in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> was with the Dowlais Visual Arts Group. The members created new collages using Heinz Koppel's fantastic (and quite frankly ENORMOUS) <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#painting</a> 'Merthyr Blues' which he produced in 1955.Words cannot tell how delighted I am to see more and more people discover this magnificent piece of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/VisualArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VisualArt</a> produced by a Jewish German refugee from Nazi persecution in his new adopted country, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a>.Back in 2015, I was extremely lucky to loan the painting from NMW for a special exhibition in Swansea after it had been in storage for decades (<a href="http://eurovisions.bangor.ac.uk/exile-and-immigration.php.en" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://eurovisions.bangor.ac.uk/exile-and-immigration.php.en</a>). I sincerely hope that the work of Valleys Re-Told will bring more people to Koppel's body of work. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@histodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/art" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@art</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtHistory</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/yekNCWuI2rI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/yekNCWuI2rI</a>

Rosalys Anthony 📷Bit late posting on here, but some images of The Brass Bambees at Ye Olde Express, Merthyr Tydfil (10th February 2023) Was such a fun gig to be at, also had the privilege to review as well 📷Camera: Pentax K-1 Lens: Pentax-A 1: 2.8 28mm<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigs</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gigphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigphotography</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#livemusic</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/merthyr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#merthyr</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/pentax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pentax</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/supportsmallmusicvenues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#supportsmallmusicvenues</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/merthyrtydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#merthyrtydfil</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/southwales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#southwales</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/localmusicscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localmusicscene</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographer</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/supportlocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#supportlocal</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/legacylens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legacylens</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gigphotographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigphotographer</a>

Rosalys Anthony 📷Band / music people - what are your plans for 2023? I have been asked to cover shows or events for photographic AND review purposes. Any gigs worth covering? May even be one of yours! Feedback would be great 😄 (Merthyr / surrounding areas)<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#livemusic</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wales</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/merthyrtydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#merthyrtydfil</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/musicphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musicphotography</a>

Rita Singer<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/JobFairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JobFairy</a> Project Manager: Foundation for Jewish HeritageApplications deadline: Wednesday 21st DecemberThe Foundation for Jewish Heritage is looking to commission a consultant or recruit an employee to serve as the Project Manager on the exciting project to create a Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre at the historic former synagogue in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a> in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a>.The synagogue is the most important Jewish heritage site in Wales. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/heritage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@heritage</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/wales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@wales</a> Details: <a href="https://jewishheritage.wales/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2022/11/Project-Manager-Role-WJHC.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://jewishheritage.wales/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2022/11/Project-Manager-Role-WJHC.pdf</a>

Penderyn CubeHere are some more sheep for <a href="https://union.place/tags/Defaidodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defaidodon</a> and <a href="https://union.place/tags/SheepOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SheepOfMastodon</a>. These are sheep from the Twynau, above Pant, in <a href="https://union.place/tags/MerthyrTydfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrTydfil</a>. Merthyr has historically been fertile ground for <a href="https://union.place/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorkersRights</a> (see 1831 <a href="https://union.place/tags/MerthyrRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MerthyrRising</a>), so I expect that these sheep are <a href="https://union.place/tags/antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antifascist</a> and generally badass.

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