In praise of Maesteg : gwallter

In praise of Maesteg : gwallter

Maesteg Town Hall, before 1914 The last deep coal mine in the Llynfi valley, St John’s Colliery, just east of Maesteg, closed in 1985, at the end of Margaret Thatcher’s war against the miners.  At its peak it employed nearly 1,500 men.  There’s been no other source of work of comparable size in the area since – the local paper mill employs around 300 – and many residents travel south to work in Bridgend or other centres.  Today, like many ex-coa…