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[edit] River Taff / Afon Taf

In Welsh, the river is the Taf (pronounced Tarv). However, in English, it is the river Taff. This is how it is pronounced by the vast majority of the people of the town, and using this avoids confusion with the River Taf (English spelling) or a river in West Wales.. which is where you currently link to if you press on the Taf link in this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.56.246 (talk) 21:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Tom Jones

Where was Tom Jones born? Was it Trefforest, or Pontypridd? --Rebroad 23:18, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Treforest gives a street address of 57, Kingsland Terrace -- RupertB 22:00, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Can any one tell me whether there was a theatre (called the Star) in Pontypridd in the 1860's? Any information about it would be useful. Also Does Gelliwasted maean anything? Also In the 1860's what churches were there in Pontypridd in the mid-Victorian era?

Gelliwastad would translate as "level wood", where "gelli" means "small wood" and "(g)wastad" means level. Varitek 01:14, 6 November 2005 (UTC)


I have removed David Halloway, I have never heard of him (either as a local DJ or as an adult entertainer - is this a joke? Can anyone provide any more details. AND 'the best live location in Wales' is REALLY biased.Count Of The Saxon Shore 22:11, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of Glamorgan

When was it relocated from Trefforest? Countersubject 10:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't. UoG website still cites Trefforest as the address. 137.222.37.12 14:22, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I have removed J Bishop as a famous Ponty person this is due to the fact he is not and well I guess we could all just add ourselves in vanity, I added John Evans writter and poet who is famous and is listed as a Welsh hero in the recent national poll.

Again deleted J Bishop. I thought this was a serious website that contained proper facts and should not be abused. Please refer to guidlines or post at http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd

[edit] Trefforest

There seems to be some confusion about the status of Trefforest. At one point the article says that Pontypridd incorporates the village of Trefforest; at another, it refers to neighbouring Trefforest, and this page has a question as to whether Tom Jones was born in one or the other. The Trefforest article simply states that it is a small village to the south-east of Pontypridd. Countersubject 16:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

... so I removed the reference to Trefforest as part of Pontypridd Countersubject 13:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Trefforest is definately within Pontypridd, but lot of people think of it as a place in it's own right. I think most addresses list Trefforest as in Pontypridd - but this should be checked out. Also remember there's a place called Trefforest Estate nearby in Nantgarw, which could add to the confusion. Trefforest Estate is definately not in Pontypridd.

Indeed Treforest estate is in Pontypridd, Pontypridd ends at Nant Garw, Taffs Well in local culture denotes the start of Cardiff. Pontypridd starts South of Trehafod and ends at Nant Garw.

I'd like to second the last bit. Trefforest is definitely within Pontypridd, and most of the estate is, with the exception of Parc Nantgarw, which has a Cardiff postal address. Nantgarw is in Cardiff postal town. People there will often think of themselves as part of Pontypridd though due to school children attending Pontypridd schools (mainly Hawthorn, but also the Welsh school, or Cardinal Newman). Taffs Well is a funny one - they normally attend Ponty schools but its a part of Cardiff in many other ways. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.56.246 (talk) 21:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

  • There is also a problem with the population stats. It states a population of 33,000. But the article starts with the town of Pontypridd. The town of Pontypridd has 3000 inhabitants. The community and ward of Ponty may contain 33,000, but that includes a multitude of towns in the area. What is this page about?FruitMonkey (talk) 22:21, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

I think the article should say that "reath" is pronounced as in "Breathe" not "Breath".

[edit] Ynysangharad park

I am going to start an article on Ynysangharad park but just need some advice on the naming. I have always known it as Ynysangharad park but I think its official name is Ynysangharad War Memorial Park. Which name do you think should be used? Kosack (talk) 11:53, 28 March 2008 (UTC)