Merthyr Chartism:
From Dic Penderyn to Henry Richard
From Dic Penderyn to Henry Richard
Commemorating the history and landscape of Chartism and Democracy
A public lecture by Joe England
St David's Church Hall, Merthyr Tydfil, 7.30 pm
Organised by the Dic Penderyn Society
For details contact Mr Viv Pugh, Tel 01685 377883
Walk
Starting from the Cyfarthfa Retail Park, the following walk is based around three waymark points:
- [1] The Cyfarthfa iron works furnace bank
- [2] The Pont y Cafnau iron bridge
- [3] The iron master's residence Cyfarthfa Castle
Walk extension
We may round this off into a circular walk by continuing north to:
- [4] The Cefn Coed Viaduct
and then returning south via Cyfarthfa Castle totaking us back to near the Cyfathfa Retail Park.
- [5] The Ynysfach Engine House
Sunday 3 August | Chartist Walk - Merthyr Tydfil | Walk and Talk - Led by Viv Pugh (Dic Penderyn Society) | Venue: Meet outside Merthyr Central Library, 2 pm
(Posted by - John Wilson)
"Merthyr Tydvil, a place never to be forgotten when once seen. The blackest place above ground; I suppose, the Non-plus-ultra of Industrialism wholly mammonish, given up to shopkeeper supply-and-demand;—presided over by sooty Darkness physical and spiritual, by Beer, Methodism and the Devil, to a lamentable and supreme extent!" (Thomas Carlyle, 1854)