This, plus Swansea, Aman, Gwendraeth, across the span of South Wales
"Look at a road map, follow the Heads of the Valleys road (the A465), once you get past Abergavenny, heading west, you can see all the valleys. "
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By *ost SockMan 2 weeks ago
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To the London/national media it’s anyone from anywhere in Wales.
When I was at uni in the north, a couple of lecturers described me as the “the boy from the valleys”. I’m from effing Fishguard!
Catherine Zeta-Jones is the “girl from the valleys” often etc.
It’s no big deal, but it does kind of underplay the variety of communities in Wales.
The Valleys is any old industrial valley in South Wales to me. |
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By *ost SockMan 2 weeks ago
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"This, plus Swansea, Aman, Gwendraeth, across the span of South Wales
Look at a road map, follow the Heads of the Valleys road (the A465), once you get past Abergavenny, heading west, you can see all the valleys. "
I agree that the HoV road is a good indicator.
I would not include the Swansea Valley, Gwendraeth and Amman Valleys, which is weird in a way. They feel a little too far west, but are undoubtedly industrial and part of the same history.
Maybe that’s because of the importance of the Welsh language in those areas. Mmm - food for thought. |
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Really depends if you're talking about "The Valleys" in general, or the South Wales Valleys...
East to West it's the Llwyd Valley (Blaenavon) to the Llynfi Valley (Maesteg). Of course if you count Port Talbot, Neath and Swansea as South Wales (rather than West), you could go as far west as the Gwendraeth Valley.
Starts at the HoV road and where it ends is open to interpretation. If you look one way and see a mountain, look the other way and see a mountain, you're stuck in the middle at the bottom - you're probably in a valley!
To say it's everywhere north of the M4 is a sweeping statement and the guy who said Lisvane is north of the M4, you may want to check your sat nav! |
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