White, Emma. "Cyfrifiad 2011: Ystadegau Allweddol ar gyfer Cymru, Mawrth 2011". www.ons.gov.uk . Retrieved 11 April 2018. Alexei’s mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers, in a quest for conversations with strangers that will reveal their lives, hopes, dreams and destinations. Maesteg Market was situated at the ground floor level of Maesteg Town Hall and offered a variety of goods until the final stallholder left in 2018. [16] Transport [ edit ] Railway [ edit ] Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (1888–1956), politician, stipendiary magistrate and first director of the Welsh Region BBC

Maesteg bus station is situated to the rear of the town hall. First Cymru operate the majority of the services from this station. Services run to Bridgend, Swansea via Port Talbot, Caerau Park, Llangynwyd and Cymmer. looking for anyone related to the James family especiall Lily .... she haf two children Sylvia and roy. would like to know anything about their fsther who is my great grandfather . They were all born in maesteg and were a large family some of the siblings being david t,elizabeth ann,william j,oswald j,howell,matilda,gwendoline and lowarth. all born between 1896 to 1905. any help would be warmly receivef.. thank you I live in Maesteg and am big into my genealogy. If I can help anyone in anyway by looking up information or taking a photo etc then please let me know.. For many years after the Second World War, the local coal industry employed well over 2,000 workers and new jobs were created in local government-built factories and in new industries in the Port Talbot and Bridgend journey-to-work areas. Due to the buoyant coal industry and the success of the new factories during the years 1950–75, the population of Maesteg and district stabilised at about 20,000, roughly the figure today. With the creation of more jobs in the Bridgend and Port Talbot districts, the Llynfi Valley gradually became a residential area, a process which speeded up with the terminal decline of the coal industry during the period 1977 to 1985. Between 1890 and 1925, the valley gained a worldwide reputation as a producer of Admiralty-grade steam coal, high quality coking coal and what was regarded as the best house coal in South Wales. Due to the quality of the steam coal, North's Imperial Navigation coal was included on the prestigious Admiralty List of the twenty–six best Welsh steam coals. In 1908, the Cunard liner Mauretania was entirely fired by Llynfi coal when the ship established a new record for crossing the Atlantic. By the early 1920s there were over 7,000 miners at work in the valley. However, as the area depended to such a large extent on the coal export trade, it was seriously affected by the trade depression of 1928–38. [13] During that period of acute poverty and large-scale unemployment, the population of the Llynfi Valley decreased by almost a third as many left the district to seek employment in the new light industries growing up in areas such as West London and the English Midlands.Looking for the descendants of Thomas Burns born around 1838 in Dowlais but lived in Maesteg from 1891 onwards. Comedy icon Alexei Sayle continues his series of rail journeys across the country with a trip from the regency elegance of Cheltenham to Maesteg, deep in the heart of the former mining communities of South Wales.

Maesteg had to survive a 20-minute battering by Neath but held on to carve their niche in rugby history. Thomas was married to Mary Edwards born 1843 in Dowlais and their children were Thomas, William, Margaret, Mary , Sarah and Ellen all born in Maesteg between 1874 and 1887. I'm trying to find any information on my Grandfather Bill or William Luke who played in various bands in Maesteg for many years. I'm after pictures, sound recordings, anything showing the band. He died in 1981. I have all the family tree type records. Here's hoping. In the past, there were other railway stations in Maesteg. Llangynwyd Station used to lie on the Maesteg line a few miles east of where Garth Station is today, and Maesteg (Neath Road) was on the old Port Talbot Railway Line, but these are now closed.

Last stall leaves 135-year-old indoor Maesteg Market". BBC. 13 April 2018 . Retrieved 28 June 2021.