She was my auntie and was with my mother when I was born.She was a lovely lady, a real lady.

Went there in miners strike. Got a great welcome being a striking miner from scabby notts. Brilliant people.

This series on Maerdy is just too depressing. I’m old enough to remember these days and it’s painful watching the death of a community.

Maerdy hasn't changed today. Mrs. Williams called it from the start. I left school 3 years ago and I haven't had a full time job. there's nothing in Maerdy for me anymore, except my grandmother.

I love watching these older videos and listening to that lovely Welsh tongue being spoken. What lovely, homely people they were. The great shame was that nothing was put in place to enable employment before the pits were closed. It was scandalous. Coal was both the saviour of the valleys and a curse. Slowly the land is returning to something of its former wild beauty but how on earth do they earn a living now. And what sort of a future do young people have ? Come on Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, what are YOU doing to help. Come on Politicians DO something positive. The populations of these valleys have been pretty much left to get on with it. Where is all the EEC money to help these people ? My dad was from the Rhondda and left with most of his family in the 30’s. I connect with these people somehow.

It's disgraceful how the government treat the miners. What a fantastic loyal, and hardworking bunch of men. What fantastic communities. All betrayed and gone. How green was my valley then!

Its really saddening that all the Welsh went in strike and fought for the right to work is tragic I'm from bargoed and it's saddening really makes you think what the valleys would be like with the old communities and collierys it would be a better place I'm sure

My Home!

30 years ago but nothing has changed in the valleys it's exactly the same now though I don't think you have the community like you have then with the local shop being the corner stone of the community of the village & people don't want to bother like years ago it's quite sad really .

the beginning of the end of the valleys

This is her sister Lydia

Lee Morgan-lots of other places are the same!

One strike,that should have never happened,al all.

Sorry said English meant Welsh working class

Looks different than I remember when voted for them, hang on was it Doris??? Boris. Boris Johnson thats it, dew she a bit behind on the latest hip trends ain't she,