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Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, PC (29 January 1909 – 22 September 1997) was a British politician who served as a member of parliament (MP) and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983. He was elected as a Labour MP. Born in Port Talbot, South Wales, he initially worked as a teacher in both London and Cardiff
Trealaw Post Office. Trealaw is a dormitory town of the more famous Tonypandy, its name translates from the Welsh language as 'the Town of Alaw', which derives from Alaw Goch or Alaw Coch (red melody), the bardic name of David (Dafydd) Williams (d. 1863) the father of Judge Gwilym Williams (1839–1906), who founded the village (along with that of Williamstown, a village to the south of ...
Tonypandy (/ t ɒ n ə ˈ p æ n d i /, Welsh pronunciation: [tɔnəˈpandi]) is a town, community and electoral ward located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley.
Among nine names proposed by Unionists, the Irish side determined that George Thomas, Lord Tonypandy, is ‘widely disliked’ at the House of Commons. Lord too ‘bitchy’ to lead North-South ...
The Tonypandy and Trealaw station, built of red bricks and opened in 1908, was opposite the entrance to Foundry Road at the centre of two bridges, one of which crossed the river to Tonypandy and the other which crossed the railway lines to Judges’ Hall and to Trealaw.
Tonypandy c: 1 Tonypandy: Tonyrefail East: 2 Tonyrefail * (Coedely, Collena and Tylcha wards) Coedely: Tonyrefail West: 2 Tonyrefail * (Penrhiw-fer, Thomastown and Tynybryn wards) Trallwn: 1 Pontypridd Town * (Trallwng ward) Trealaw c: 1 Trealaw: Treforest: 1 Pontypridd Town * (Treforest ward) Glyntaff: Treherbert c: 2 Treherbert: Blaencwm ...
Trealaw and Tonypandy. D.W. Davies, the member since 1898, was returned unopposed for the second successive election. [3] Tonypandy 1904 Party Candidate
Dinas is a village near Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Dinas is often referred to as Dinas Rhondda to avoid confusion with Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan. The word dinas in Modern Welsh means "city", but here (as in Old and Middle Welsh more generally) it means "hill fort".