Quotes About Aberdare

My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pennsylvania.

When I got to Aberdare, I got off and walked up the cwm to the ruins we call Osgiliath.

At 11, I passed the scholarship - only just; I wasn't very good at maths - to Ilford County High for Girls. When the Second World War started we were evacuated, first of all to Ipswich, and then to Aberdare, Queen of the Valleys, in south Wales.

I grew up in Aberdare and some of the nicest beaches close by were at Tenby and Saundersfoot.