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Old Photos of the Coal Mines / Pits / Collieries in Hopkinstown in the Rhondda Valleys, Glamorgan, South Wales.

Please click on an image below to see in high resolution. Many of these images are courtesy of Colin Paul - a regular contributor to this site.

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Colin Paul in the Electrical Engineers Office at Ty Mawr Colliery 1975

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Colin Paul in the Electrical Engineers Office at Ty Mawr Colliery 1975

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Great Western Collieries

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Great Western Collieries

 

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Great Western Collieries, The Hetty Pit on the left, and No3 and No2 Pits circa 1910

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Great Western Colliery

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Great Western Colliery

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Old Tymawr Colliery Engine House early 1900s

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Old Tymawr Colliery Engine House early 1900s

Glamorgan, Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, The Hetty 1915

Glamorgan, Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, The Hetty 1915

Rhondda Valleys, Hopkinstown, Ty Mawr Colliery, Horses and Hauliers shunting coal wagons - Pantygraigwen 1905

Hopkinstown, Ty Mawr Colliery, Horses and Hauliers shunting coal wagons - Pantygraigwen 1905

Rhondda Valleys, Trehafod, Ty Mawr Colliery 1900

Glamorgan, Rhondda Valleys, Trehafod, Ty Mawr Colliery 1900

 

Rhondda Valleys, Trehafod, Ty Mawr Pit Head 1900's

 


I would be thrilled to receive photographs of Rhondda Collieries (indeed old photographs of anything / anyone in the Rhondda; - please scan them in at least 1280 pixels width and email them to us here.

 

 

There is an excellent new website with high resolution old photos of the United Kingdom (including the Rhondda Valleys) at www.oldukphotos.com
If you have any old family photos or pictures of the towns and villages please scan them in at least 1280 pixels width and email them here.

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