The railway stations that once populated the Rhondda Fach were all closed after the Beeching Axe. |
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Meanwhile, leisure centres in Tonyrefail, Rhondda Fach, Hawthorn and Abercynon will remain open with reduced hours. |
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They are Aberaeron's Harbourmaster in Ceredigion and the Felin Fach Griffin in Brecon. |
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They had climbed Glyder Fach via the Bristly Screes but turned back due to the weather and were unable to retreat by the same route. |
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The first structural relic of prehistoric man was excavated in 1973 at Cefn Glas near the watershed of the Rhondda Fach river. |
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The older is Castell Nos which is located at the head of the Rhondda Fach overlooking Maerdy. |
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Two main roads service the area, the A4058 runs through the Rhondda Fawr and the A4233 services the Rhondda Fach. |
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Maerdy in the Rhondda Fach has been identified as a maerdref, mainly on the strength of the name, though the village did not survive past the Middle Ages. |
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The Porth Gazette and Rhondda Leader was published from 1944 to 1967 while also published in Pontypridd during those years was the Rhondda Fach Leader and Gazette. |
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There is a single rail link to the Rhondda, the Rhondda Line, based around the old Taff Vale Railway which serviced both the Rhondda Fach and Rhondda Fawr. |
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He was raised on tales such as the legend of Llyn y Fan Fach, and much of his work has a hazy otherworldliness that links to his love of these stories. |
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Both councillors were also inundated with letters and e-mails from motorists who regularly travel through Heol Llanishen Fach, calling for the narrowings to be scrapped. |
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In 1849 the TVR had extended into the Rhondda Fach and by 1856 the railway had reached the furthest areas of both the Fach and Fawr valleys at Maerdy and Treherbert. |
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