Aberdare is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales,at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550. Aberdare is 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Merthyr Tydfil,20 miles (32 km) north-west of Cardiff and 22 miles (35 km) east-north-east of Swansea. During the 19th century it became a thriving industrial settlement,which was also notable for the vitality of its cultural life and as an important publishing centre.
The Industrial Revolution,also known as the First Industrial Revolution,was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread,efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution,starting from Great Britain and spreading to continental Europe and the United States,that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines;new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes;the increasing use of water power and steam power;the development of machine tools;and the rise of the mechanized factory system. Output greatly increased,and the result was an unprecedented rise in population and the rate of population growth. The textile industry was the first to use modern production methods,and textiles became the dominant industry in terms of employment,value of output,and capital invested.
Bull-baiting is a blood sport involving pitting a bull against dogs with the aim of attacking and subduing the bull by biting and holding onto its nose or neck,which often resulted in the death of the bull.
Drag hunting or draghunting is a form of equestrian sport,where mounted riders hunt the trail of an artificially laid scent with hounds.
Daniel Gordon Raffan Cruickshank is a British art historian and BBC television presenter,with a special interest in the history of architecture.
Elizabeth Emma Williams,known professionally as Emma Kennedy,is an English actress,lawyer,comedian,travel writer,television presenter and author.
Natalie Louise Haynes is an English writer,broadcaster,classicist,and comedian.
Linda Grant is an English novelist and journalist.
Angela Mellissa Griffin is an English actress and television presenter who has been active on British television since the early 1990s. She is best known for portraying the roles of Fiona Middleton in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street,Kim Campbell in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road,and DS Lizzie Maddox in the final two series of ITV's detective drama series Lewis (2014–2015). Griffin was also an original cast member of Holby City,playing nurse Jasmine Hopkins (1999–2001).
Llwydcoed is a small village and community north of the Cwm Cynon,near the town of Aberdare,Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales,with a population of 1,302 as of 2011 census.
Nicholas Francis Robert Crafts CBE was a British economist who was known for his contributions to economic history,in particular on the Industrial Revolution.
David Reynolds,is a British historian. He is Emeritus Professor of International History at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Christ's College,Cambridge.
This is a list of events in British radio during 1970.
Robert William Davies,better known as R. W. Davies or Bob Davies,was a British historian,writer and professor of Soviet Economic Studies at the University of Birmingham.
Pat Hudson,is a British historian and academic. She is a Professor Emeritus of History at Cardiff University.
Lucy Worsley is a British historian,author,curator and television presenter. She is joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best known as a presenter of BBC Television and Channel 5 series on historical topics.
Emma Barnett is a British broadcaster and journalist. She has been the main presenter of Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 since January 2021.
This article delineates the history of industrialisation.
The Buckhound was a breed of now extinct scent hound from England;they were used to hunt fallow deer in packs.
Dianne Claire Buswell is an Australian professional dancer. She is best known for her appearances on the British television show Strictly Come Dancing. After competing on Dancing with the Stars in Australia,she joined the British series in 2017,reaching the final in 2018 and 2023 with Joe Sugg and Bobby Brazier respectively.
