Tredegar central and west

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The name Tredegar is a matter of dispute. Some believe it came from the Mansion house of the Morgan family which owned the land on which the town developed. Others believe it comes from Tri-deg-erw which means Thirty Acres (the size of the original settlement). Others, again, believe it is derived from the almost mythical name: Tre-daear-deg – or mansion of the fair earth or land. 

That fair land was to change, dramatically. By 1802 the Tredegar Ironworks had been established. The earth was to prove very fair indeed, throwing up seam after seam of iron ore and coal, the two natural products necessary to make iron. The work it produced – acted like a magnet. In 1801 there were just 619 inhabitants. By 1811 that had risen to 4,590, and by 1862 to almost 10,000. With work, iron, and those people came a new trains, a new road to Newport and the transporting of iron and the name of Tredegar to the world.


Please Note:   

I will be holding open surgeries at Catapult, 7 -9 Commercial Street, Tredegar, on Fridays: November 6th, 2009; and April 23rd, 2010.   These surgeries are an important way for me to keep in touch with you, what is happening in your area of Blaenau Gwent, and ways I can both represent and (wherever necessary) help and serve you.

  All surgeries will be held between 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm.

Please note: No appointment is necessary. 

Should you need any further information please telephone: 01495 304569 or email daviesdc@parliament.uk

ALL of the advice surgeries I hold in Blaenau Gwent can be found on this website (under 'Surgeries with your MP). Should the time and venues of the Advice Surgeries not be convenient to you, you are also welcome to make an appointment to see me at the Constituency Office at 24 James Street, Ebbw Vale.  Please telephone the above number to make an appointment.


Yours,  

Dai Davies MP for Blaenau Gwent.


Please also note that the surgeries for September onwards (when Parliament returns) will be posted on the website and in the office at 24 James Street, Ebbw Vale, once organised and agreed upon.

Local Information I hope you find useful:

Bus & Coach Operators & Stations:

Clarkes Coaches: 73 Park Hill.                                                   01495 – 711116

Gary’s Coaches: 42 Commercial Street.                                     01495 - 726400

White Lion Coaches:  Merthyr Road.                                         01495 - 722555   

Charities & Voluntary Organisations:

Cancer Research:  1 Gwent Shopping Centre.                            01495 – 717373

National Childrens Homes: 105 Attlee Way, Cefn Golau.         01495 – 726424

Chemists:

Boots: 5 – 6 Gwent Shopping Centre.                                        01495 - 722532

Nelsons:  4 Morgan Street.                                                         01495 - 722347

Clubs & Associations:

Bedwellty Park Bowls Club -2 Lower Salisbury St.                  01495 – 717758

Constitutional Club, Church Street.                                           01495 - 722307

Fern AFC, Mount Street.                                                           01495 - 722485

Ironsides Sports & Social Club. Queen Victoria St.                  01495 -  722826

NCB Works Welfare Association, The Circle.                          01495 - 722719

Sports Centre, Stable Lane.                                                        01495 - 723554

Trefil Rugby Welfare Club, Trefil.                                             01495 – 718113

Willows Social Club, Church Street.                                          01495 - 722724

Colleges:

Community University of the Valleys,

           11 Gwent Shopping Centre, Tredegar.                             01495 - 722973

Counselling & Advice Services:

Kaleidoscope, The Citadel, Mount Street, Tredegar.                  01495 – 713040

SNAP Cymru, 13 The Circle, Tredegar.                                      01495 - 723985

Day Centres:

Promenade Day Centre, The Promenade.                                     01495 – 724395

Development Agencies:

Tredegar Development Trust, 40 Castle Street.                            01495 - 726862

Doctors & Doctors Surgeries:

Dr. A Ahmed, Tredegar Health Centre, Park Row.                      01495 -  722530

Glan-Ur Afon Surgery, Shop Row.                                               01495 - 722460

Funeral Directors:

Vaughan Bros,  Penuel.                                                       01495 - 722815                    

Hospitals:

General Hospital, Park Row.                                                     01495 – 725231

Hillside Day Service, Brompton Place.                                     01495 - 725342

Information Services:

Catapult,  7 – 9 Commercial Street, Tredegar.                         01495 – 711499

Library:    The Circle.                                                             01495 – 722687

Places of Worship: 

Bethel Pentecostal Church, Maranatha, Dukestown Rd.          01495 - 711468

Castle Street Church.                                                                01495 – 722452

St. Georges Church, Church Street.                                          01495 - 722672

St. James Parish Church, Poplar Road.                                     01495 – 722510

Post Offices

Cefn Golau:   95 Attlee Way.                                                 01495 - 722743

Dukestown:  5 Scwrfa Road, Scwrfa.                                     01495 - 722362

Nantybwch:    61 Ashvale.                                                      01495 – 722322

Tredegar:       37 James Street.                                                01495 - 722337

Schools

Bryn Bach Primary School, Merthyr Road.                            01495 - 722569

Comprehensive School, Stable Lane.                                      01495 - 723551

Glanhowy Primary School, Coach Bach.                                01495 - 722312

St. Joseph’s RCPrimary School, Ashvale.                               01495 - 722899

Sports Clubs and Associations:   

Bedwellty Park Bowls Club -2 Lower Salisbury St.               01495 – 717758

Rugby Club, Park Hill.                                                            01495 - 722879

Sports Centre, Stable Lane.                                                     01495 - 723554

Woodlands Sports & Social Club, Griffiths Gardens.             01495 - 722189

Youth Organisations:

Tredegar Community Youth Café, 5 The Circle.                    01495 – 725579

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