Tonypandy: Rhondda Valley, the 1910 Riots, and South Wales Coal Country
Tonypandy is a small town in the Rhondda Fawr valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf. The name is permanently associated with the Tonypandy Riots of 1910, when striking miners clashed with police and troops were deployed by Home Secretary Winston Churchill. The coal industry that built the town is gone entirely. The population is around 8,000 for Tonypandy itself, with the wider Rhondda valleys holding roughly 60,000. The terraced houses climb the hillsides on both sides of the valley floor.
The A4058 runs through the valley connecting Tonypandy to Pontypridd and the M4 corridor. Tonypandy station provides Transport for Wales services south to Cardiff. The Rhondda Heritage Park at Trehafod, a few miles down the valley, occupies the former Lewis Merthyr colliery. For adult companionship, the legal position in Tonypandy follows England and Wales criminal law. Despite devolution to the Senedd, criminal law is not a devolved matter.
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Tonypandy is a small town in the Rhondda Fawr valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf. The name is permanently associated with the Tonypandy Riots of 1910, when striking miners clashed with police and troops were deployed by Home Secretary Winston Churchill. The coal industry that built the town is gone entirely. The population is around 8,000 for Tonypandy itself, with the wider Rhondda valleys holding roughly 60,000. The terraced houses climb the hillsides on both sides of the valley floor.
The A4058 runs through the valley connecting Tonypandy to Pontypridd and the M4 corridor. Tonypandy station provides Transport for Wales services south to Cardiff. The Rhondda Heritage Park at Trehafod, a few miles down the valley, occupies the former Lewis Merthyr colliery. For adult companionship, the legal position in Tonypandy follows England and Wales criminal law. Despite devolution to the Senedd, criminal law is not a devolved matter.
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