The pair below is a stereo pair. Uses the "cross-eyes" method as I have placed the picture for your right eye on the left and left eye on the right. If you see the pictures on top of each other rather than side-by-side I'm sorry, but you need to make your browser window at least 920 pixels wide. This shouldn't be a problem if you work at 1024 by 768 or more, though you may have to hit "refresh" too. Without making the pictures too small to be worthwhile there's nothing I can do about it. The trees look a bit odd because the wind blew the leaves in between the two pictures.
Welcome to the newly-revamped Abertridwr square. The pictures above are all taken facing North and if you have visited the other locations it might help to note that the Panteg and the bus shelters are on your left.
As part of the works, artwork was comissioned from various organisations linked to the valley. Below are photographs of each piece. By the way, if you are visually impaired at all, these are well worth a feel as they are "cast" pieces.
This was my secondary school. My year opened the schools - in Aberbargoed in 1981 and in 1983 in Bargoed. The building was ropey even before I left and they've finally built a new one in Fleur-de-Lys which opened this year, 2002.
And this was my primary school. It's on the tour, but in keeping with the rest you'll have to find your own way there. Hint: it's in Senghenydd!
These are also on the tour... somewhere :-)
On the tour too...
Guess what? Yup...
The central text reads "Before I was Born the Lord Called Me" and top and bottom are (I suppose) the names of various churches to have been in the area; (top line) Beulah Capel y Bedyddwyr. Capel Annibynwyr Nazareth. Eglwysilan. (bottom line) Apostolic. Wesleyan. Abertridwr Community Church. English Cong.
There are two versions of the page about the Square. You could have come here from either, so you can go back via either (or just hit your browser's "back" button)! The links are the same on each :-)
Your choice of directions is
Aber clickable map