SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1 19 Pa OBSERVER LEADER & FREE PRESS The FASCINATING STORY OF PONTYPRIDD “FESTIVAL OF ..
... important than Pontypridd itself In 1841 John Edmunds sank a pit in the little valley of Gelliwion It is this pit enlarged and sunk more deeply that is known to-day as the Maritime Colliery In 1842 two brothers David and John Thomas came to Pontypridd opened ...