Directory of Society and Culture Resources

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This category is for sites about the history and composition of the local people. It is also for sites about local social-service resources and institutions. Examples include sites for clubs, social-service organisations, disability resources, genealogy, history, personal homepages, activism, politics, religion, and various sub-groups of the population.

Resources in This Category

• Abertridwr Community Church

  http://www.abertridwrcommunitychurch.epageuk.com/
  Provides basic church information with contacts and directions.

• Bethel Evangelical Church

  http://www.bethel-nelson.org.uk/
  Based in Nelson. A reformed evangelical church. Activities, directions, history and beliefs.

• Historian on Lord Merthyr, the pit owner blamed for Senghenydd tragedy

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-24512718
  The BBC reports on the life of pit owner Lord Merthyr, the man many blamed for the 439 miners’ deaths.

• Menter Caerffili

  http://www.mentercaerffili.cymru/
  Welsh language initiative supporting and promoting the use of Welsh in the community. Information on services, latest news and contact details.

• Miliband opens Senghenydd mining disaster exhibition

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22859567
  The BBC reports on the opening of an exhibition at the House of Commons.

• Oakdale Village

  http://www.oakdalevillage.net/
  Community website with history of the village, genealogy, gallery, news, forum and information on local organisations and activities.

• Right from the Start

  http://www.rfts.org.uk/
  Organisation aiming to protect children in the borough and provide them with opportunities to thrive. Provides details of the services offered, parenting, the kidz' club and volunteering.

• Senghenydd mining disaster is remembered 100 years on

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24516312
  The BBC reports that Britain’s worst ever mining disaster has been remembered a century after 439 miners and one rescuer lost their lives in an explosion at Senghenydd in South Wales.

• The Ruperra Conservation Trust

  http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ruperratrust/ruperra/
  Trust set up in an attempt to purchase and conserve Ruperra Castle and which now owns and manages Ruperra Woods. Provides information on the Trust, the castle, the woods, membership and events.

• Universal Colliery Senghenydd

  http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/GlamEast/Senghenydd.htm
  Provides a history of this colliery with photographs, including information on the mining disasters of 1901 and 1913.

 

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