8 Worst places in Mid Glamorgan (Welsh Valleys 2)

Рет қаралды 260,652

Жыл бұрын

Here's a link to our previous visit to The Welsh Valleys : • IT'S GRIM IN THE VALLE...
I felt like I had unfinished business in the Welsh Valleys after our last visit to Gwent/Monmouthshire. That was a real eye opener and there were some really grim places. Especially Abertillery, Rhymney and Newport. But we only managed to cover half the valleys which is a place well known for its government neglect and poverty. You probably haven't even heard of most of the places in today's video but once again it was an eye opener. Historic Mid Glamorgan covers Bridgend County, Merthyr County and Rhondda Cynon Taff. Merthyr Tydfil was the only places I'd visited before so this was mostly a new experience for Turdtowns.

Пікірлер: 998

@user-yc2zz7rk1p Жыл бұрын

Love seeing my home county pop up here! Do think its funny you called Aberdare a pretty nice town though. As a Bridgend local please don't call what happened here a su!cide cult. That's not what happened, that's what the media called it to sell papers and sensationalise stories. What happened was a catastrophic failure in youth mental health services, those young people were suffering and were not given the support or help they needed and there was no link between those who we tragically lost despite the media doing their best to find one. A lot of painful memories for us when we still have that time misrepresented due to the way it was reported on.

@peterlarkin762 Жыл бұрын

"They were probably burglars working from home and decided to kick their own door in" lol

@ohnoitisnt Жыл бұрын

Ive heard Ely isnt great, especially at the moment!

@AB-ly6pf Жыл бұрын

Used to frequent the Valleys and South Wales on a regular basis for work delivering flat pack. Only place the residents used to frequently help me out when they saw I was on my own. Diamonds.

@dewipritchrd3578 Жыл бұрын

I live 4 miles north of Pontypridd and agree with most of your observations. However, had you visited during the day, you would have found a little treasure in the indoor market. There’re quality butchers. Excellent restaurants and a superb coffee shop along with a fine bakery. Many other businesses also. Well worth a visit.

@meadi6510 Жыл бұрын

I live in Porth the Rhondda Valleys in which three towns are featured in this video. The thing about the Valleys is that you can be in Turdtown the one moment then in a beautiful village the next. Then five minutes down the road another Turdtown.

@snapagigphotography Жыл бұрын

Funny narrative but really sad considering we are a G7 nation. The wealth is going somewhere, but not equally and totally missing some places by the look of things.

@myriaddsystems Жыл бұрын

I think the people who live in the valleys deserve better than this- the pride and dignity that they once possessed has been taken away from them- replaced by fear and desperation- In such a beautiful landscape.

@tom-ch5ii Жыл бұрын

honestly think the senedd are pulling a Westminster and putting all their focus on Cardiff, it has become a nice little city (bad timing saying this with Ely incident) but everywhere else is tumbling downhill

@bollomcbollo6260 Жыл бұрын

The valley towns are certainly a bit of a dump aesthetically, but they're where my Best Man comes from. As such, I've spent a lot of time in and around Treorchy: walking in the mountains, cycling and of course drinking in the local pubs. It's an exceptionally friendly area with really nice, down to earth people. I thoroughly recommend a Saturday afternoon/evening pub crawl from Tonypandy up to Treherbert and then work it off the next day with a cycle ride up over the Rhigos to Hirwaun. Enjoy :)

@danielcox7886 Жыл бұрын

I visited Penrhys in the late 90s and I literally thought I was in Baghdad.

@mooge6467 Жыл бұрын

Its a shame because the valleys are actually beautiful in terms of the scenery but there's just no economy there anymore, still brings a smile to face when u see footage of it

@rmorgan7 Жыл бұрын

I used to live a couple of miles from Maesteg. When I grew up there in the 70's it had a thriving town centre and was generally a reasonable place to live close to. I have been back there a couple of times in the last 2-3 years to visit a relative and the decay is staggering. It's not just the mines that have closed down - a whole industrial estate just off the town centre that was filled with factories is now just scrub and rubble, with not a single building left. Anyone with any money or ambition has long since moved down to the M4 corridor, to Cardiff or like me, out of Wales altogether.

@jimandmarypowell9783 Жыл бұрын

Some interesting observations as a former "Valleysboy", now living in New Zealand. It outlines a waste of human capital and lack of investment. Please note that in the filming, you can just see the outstanding countryside that abounds among the hillsides and hilltops between the valleys. The place certainly deserves a visit. Perhaps the Welsh Tourist Board should promote these towns as a 'must see', possibly encouraging a form of voyeuristic tourism, its spinoff benefiting the community? Remember the local adage, "You can take the boy from the Valleys but you can't take the valleys from the boy".

@duringthemeanwhilst Жыл бұрын

Ponty benefits from having the (now) university. I went there back in the mid 1980s when it was known as The Polytechnic of Wales. I actually loved the place for its friendliness though not all students would agree back then. I was lucky having many relatives living in the area, as my mother's side of the family had their roots in Rhondda.

@williamfence566 Жыл бұрын

Worked for a retailer across mid glamorgan for many years in the 90's and 00's. Gradually saw the decline every year as the ambitious or prosperous moved away . The surroundings in some cases may be crumbling but the spirit of those remaining is strong.

@garry843 Жыл бұрын

Always remember a big punchup in Ponty and the police turned up in their cars. The police station was less than 100 yards away and they all came by car. Maerdy, you used to move house by night because if they saw what you had, it would soon be gone. You Maesteg is rough, it has a big police station. The new town hall is a moneypit and a joke. Bridgend wakes up on benefits day, all the single mum's with push chairs block McDonalds. The end of industry was the end of the valleys. Councils are overpaid under worked, more important to have a posh office than a tidy town. You should have seen Penrhys in it's early days, three times the size, did have a club and a police station. Another council success.

@hgodfrey Жыл бұрын

You’re absolutely right. Wales needs to embrace adventure tourism and also nature conservation and wildlife. All the sheep and pine plantations do nothing for the economy. Creating wilderness parks would transform the place and bring in people from across Britain.

@danwood4681 Жыл бұрын

Why the Welsh government haven’t had the foresight to turn the Valleys into a serious tourist attraction, like the Peak District for example, is beyond me. The landscape up there is incredible and crying out for tourism investment/development/infrastructure. I’m from Bridgend and all these areas have so much potential to thrive once again.

@jameshall3566 Жыл бұрын

The prevalence of lung disease in Merthyr Tydfil is largely a legacy of the mining era. I went to school there in the late 80s / early 90s and a shockingly high proportion of kids my age were asthmatic. Even now there are still a lot of toxins in the environment.