Taff Vale Park - Fatal Solution

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 I came across this photo on the Pontypridd Grammar School Old Boys Facebook Group (unfortunately I couldn't share it direct from the page without including the whole thread). The relevance is in Fatal Solution which includes a rugby match at Taff Vale Park. This is the rugby ground in 1980 by which time the stands and terraces had largely disappeared and it was (and I think still is) only used by local schools. In the late 1800's until the 2nd World War it was a major sports venue (Even Tottenham Hotspur played a football match there). The terraces went around three sides of the ground, but the far side was always as shown - just trees with the river beyond.




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