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Aberdare Collection

Background imageAberdare Collection: Aberdare Memorial Home, West Wickham, Kent

Aberdare Memorial Home, West Wickham, Kent
The Aberdare Memorial Home, at Wood Lodge, West Wickham, Kent, was opened in the 1930s by the Childrens Aid Society. Date: 1930s

Background imageAberdare Collection: HMS Aberdare, British hunt class minesweeper, WW2

HMS Aberdare, British hunt class minesweeper, WW2
HMS Aberdare (J49), British hunt class minesweeper. Date: circa 1943-1944

Background imageAberdare Collection: Miners, Aberdare Valley

Miners, Aberdare Valley

Background imageAberdare Collection: Aberdare Valley Miners early 1900s

Aberdare Valley Miners early 1900s

Background imageAberdare Collection: Colliery explosion, Duffryn pit 1852

Colliery explosion, Duffryn pit 1852
Scene of an explosion, near Aberdare Valley, mouth of the middle Duffryn pit. No deaths were occasioned more by choke or after-damp than from the fire-damp. Date: 1852

Background imageAberdare Collection: New council houses - Cwmbach near Aberdare, Wales

New council houses - Cwmbach near Aberdare, Wales
New council houses built at the lower end of Cwmbach for Welsh miners and their families, near Aberdare, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

Background imageAberdare Collection: Powell Duffryn Collieries, Aberaman, Aberdare, Wales

Powell Duffryn Collieries, Aberaman, Aberdare, Wales
Powell Duffryn Collieries, Aberaman, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1912

Background imageAberdare Collection: Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa

Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa
Lookout post in Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa, viewed from Treetops, Nyeri. Date: circa 1950

Background imageAberdare Collection: The Count of Luxembourg adapted by Basil Hood

The Count of Luxembourg adapted by Basil Hood. The staircase is in Grand Duke Rutzinovs reception hall. (Act II). Naturally, Adele and the impoverished Count fall in love

Background imageAberdare Collection: Lord Aberdare (Photo)

Lord Aberdare (Photo)
Henry Austin Bruce, first baron ABERDARE statesman Date: 1815 - 1895

Background imageAberdare Collection: Henry Bruce

Henry Bruce
HENRY AUSTIN BRUCE 1ST BARON ABERDARE English politician Date: 1815 - 1895

Background imageAberdare Collection: 1st Baron Aberdare

1st Baron Aberdare
HENRY AUSTIN BRUCE, 1ST BARON ABERDARE Statesman 1815 - 1895

Background imageAberdare Collection: Mourning fashion, WW1

Mourning fashion, WW1
An outfit of mourning for a First World War widow. For the widow who prefers the coat and skirt there is a black Aberdare cord. Date: 1915

Background imageAberdare Collection: Merthyr Tydfil Union Cottage Homes, Llwydcoed, Glamorgan

Merthyr Tydfil Union Cottage Homes, Llwydcoed, Glamorgan
Merthyr Tydfil Union cottage homes at Llwydcoed, near Aberdare, Glamorgan. The homes, which house pauper children away from the workhouse, were erected in around 1912. Date: Date unknown

Background imageAberdare Collection: Saving a baby from flooded building, South Wales

Saving a baby from flooded building, South Wales
A baby is handed to safety after houses were swept away when heavy rains hit the Aberdare area of South Wales. circa 1911

Background imageAberdare Collection: Scene of Welsh floods with damaged bridge, Aberdare

Scene of Welsh floods with damaged bridge, Aberdare
Scene of Welsh floods, with people standing near a damaged bridge in Aberdare, South Wales. Two lives were lost when the bridge collapsed due to heavy rain -- two youths

Background imageAberdare Collection: Wales / Afon Valley

Wales / Afon Valley
A fine view, overlooking the Afon Valley, near Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1960s


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