I was born in Cwm Rhymni, as my Welsh speaking father called it. The Rhymney Valley. The land slip at the beginning of the film was at Abertysswg. This happened in 1930. My family had strong connections throughout the valley, especially in Aberbargoed, Phillipstown and Rhymney itself. My father, H H Roberts, was Chief Financial Officer for Rhymney District Council, until his death in 1955, at the age of 40. He never fully recovered from his wartime activities. The council building is still standing, on the Main Street in Rhymney. It’s hard to pick out lots of the places but the Square Cafe, owned by Mr Minoli, shows clearly that much of the footage was filmed in the town. These were the days before the pit head baths! You can see one miner washing away the grime in the sink….or a BOSH…..to us. These baths changed lives. My childhood bath was a tin one, which hung on the door of the outside toilet.

What a fantastic video, it took me back to my childhood. Thank you.

The vicar in the last few minutes was my grandfather, Canon William Cooper Lewis. He was still working well into the 1970's before retiring to Caerleon. I just about remember going there as a very small child and running round the vicarage grounds. As an aside the first Matt Smith/Karen Gillian Dr Who episode was filmed inside and in the grounds of the vicarage in 2009...

Very nostalgic. The film is listed as 1947 but given there is some military content I wouldn't be surprised to learn it was at least a couple of years earlier than that. As others point out,the lack of sound or narration is a shame.

Showed this to my father

grandfather managed lloyd's in the 70s, i remember the snow piles and the lovely big doggy in howard's shop. moved to tucson in 80, dear god what a world. you know you can drive your car through the walls of buildings here like cardboard.

Hey i live here right now

Shame there’s no sound

Is that norman Gilbert the

Its a shame there's no narrative to accompany the footage

what year was this filmed please and is there sound?

Are those the abondend factories near the train station near the terrace?

Are some of the scenes from Bargoed ?

My husband's family where miners there,

Shame the way it is now