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Coordinates: 51°37'20?N 3°27'04?W? / ?51.622325, -3.451203
Tonypandy is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, South Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley.
[edit] Amenities
It is one of the principal shopping areas in the Rhondda and has many shops to cater for all needs. A 30,000 sq ft Asda has recently opened on the site of the old Scotch Colliery, creating 300 jobs.
The town is served by Tonypandy railway station.
[edit] History
The town lies near the Mynydd y Gelli Iron and Bronze Age settlement and stone circle.
A major event in the town's history was the Tonypandy Riot of 1910.
Tonypandy is also a term coined by the character Alan Grant in Josephine Tey's 1951 novel The Daughter of Time for faulty collective memory or popular history.
[edit] Sports and recreation
Tonypandy has a King George's Field, the Athletics Ground, in memorial to King George V
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(Source: Wikipedia) |