Rhos and Penycae were described in the infamous “Blue Book” of 1847 as a place worse than Merthyr Tydfil. Many of the houses were of one room measuring 9 or 10 feet square and others [more]

The first loads of coal from the new mining site at the Delph, Acrefair were taken away at the beginning of the week. The mine, from which N.S.M. Construction Limited are extracting mineral clay for [more]

The first youth club was held in Penycae school we had first aid classes tennis lessons and best of all ballroom dancing lessons Neil Davies of Penycae taught us to dance we learned the lot [more]