Our printing service continues to operate as usual, with framed and unframed prints available for delivery in normal timescales. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Steelworks closure would be a catastrophe for local area. Port talbot steel workers star in play about shutdown. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. This is a town built on steel, growing alongside the plant as it hit its heyday in the 60s. Is an exciting new project which aims to bring to life over 1,000 photographs of port talbots distinguished steelmaking history. The caption along with the post reads, seasons greetings. Heres what the steelworks mean to the people of port talbot. Although there were settlements in the area as long ago as the bronze age, and the romans may have had a presence here, the present town grew out of the medieval borough of aberafan and the surrounding communities of baglan, bryn, cwm. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists. Tata steel europe upbeat about port talbots future after.
Although the british steel industry has been studied at national level, few studies have looked at company level and fewer on plant level studies. Media in category port talbot steelworks the following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total. Jan 18, 2016 port talbot steelworks is a big employer and pays more than double the minimum wage starting salaries are around. Unexploded world war ii device halts work at steelworks plant. A local history book showing photographs of port talbot old and new has surprised its author by selling out in its first week. Tata steel europe upbeat about port talbots future after brexit. Banksy buyer plans to build urban art centre in wales. The steelworks has for many years been under threat of closure. Then, in 1906 the port talbot steelworks was opened.
The industrial complex in port talbot, south wales, which employs 4,000 people, was threatened with closure in 2016 after being put up for sale by tata steel following years of losses. Port talbot steelworks swansea, united kingdom landmark. As someone more used to writing about the past than the present, it is with some caution that i approach the current and as yet unresolved disagreement between tata steel and the main steelworkers unions over the future of the british steel corporation pension scheme. Jan 17, 2012 a local history book showing photographs of port talbot old and new has surprised its author by selling out in its first week. This place is situated in neath port talbot castelnedd port talbot, wales, wales, united kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 51 36 0 north, 3 47 0 west and its original name with diacritics is port talbot. Port 39 albo n tata steel port talbot south wales sa 2ng uk tel. Port talbot is a town historically rich with industry but now challenged by social deprivation. This is a selection of images showing the various types of locomotive in use at the steelworks.
History of the steel industry in the port talbot area 19001988. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of port talbot. Port talbot s steelworks will be owned by europes second largest steel firm after metals giant thyssenkrupp agreed to merge with tata. Best of old port talbot in new history book 16 september 2012 taking a trip back in time is something many may have wished for on occasions, but it has become something of an annual excursion for the people of neath and port talbot thanks to the continuing appearance of a series of fascinating pictorial nostalgia books.
Apr 02, 2018 a history of the port talbot steelworkers. Port talbot steelworks either ore britain the economist. Port talbot history book sells out in a week port talbot. The blast at the plant in port talbot, wales occurred around 3. The town relies on large plants such as this one for employment but is also adversely affected by the pollution they and the m4 motorway, also above and adjacent to the town, emit into the atmosphere. Unexploded world war ii bomb halts work at coruss port. The port talbot guardian was a weekly paper published by media wales, part of the trinity mirror group, but ceased publication in october 2009.
Sep 16, 2012 best of old port talbot in new history book 16 september 2012 taking a trip back in time is something many may have wished for on occasions, but it has become something of an annual excursion for the people of neath and port talbot thanks to the continuing appearance of a series of fascinating pictorial nostalgia books. Tata has owned the steelworks in port talbot since paying. Nov, 2008 unexploded world war ii bomb halts work at coruss port talbot steelworks plant. The site is situated next to margam moors, with port talbot. When bookshelves are more informative than the books. Port talbot, town, port, and urban area from 2011 builtup area, neath port talbot county borough, historic county of glamorgan morgannwg, southern wales. Corus now tata steel plant this is number 5 blast furnace located at the port talbot corus steel plant south wales uk. Buy the history of port talbot with photographs first edition by jones, sally roberts isbn. Jan 02, 2019 turnround of welsh steelworks not yet complete, cautions hans fischer.
Tata steel owns britains biggest steelworks in port talbot, wales, as well as sites in rotherham, corby and shotton. The name port talbot first appears in 1837 as the name of the new docks built on the southeast side of the river afan by the talbot family. Port talbot, land of steel short film discover cymru. The photographs depict steelmaking people, places and processes from the 1930s to the 1950s. Margam steel works abbey works for the steel company of wales limited, port talbot, west glamorgan. Port talbot steelworks, wales stock footage tata steel. Photo prints old maps folded maps calendars photo books jigsaws mugs tableware tea towels cushion covers gift cards wallpaper trade colour contrast galleries.
Port talbot has been shaped by the steelworks bbc news. It then zooms out to reveal a grey industrial landscape and the port talbot steelworks plant looming in the background. Cornelly quarry kenfig the complete history eresource. It is best known for port talbot steelworks, one of the biggest in the world. Only much later do they realise just how big a part in local history they themselves have played. Apr 01, 2016 its not possible to visit port talbot and ignore the steelworks.
Port talbot steel workers star in play about shutdown this article is more than 2 years old were still here tells how community fought closure of tata works that. Apr 26, 2016 port talbots steelworks is only open today because of the uk government says david cameron. Cornelly quarry is the largest producer of high quality limestone in south wales. The aim of the group is to rekindle memories of days gone by, through port talbot and afan valleys pictures, storiesmemories of happy times, and.
History of the steel industry in the port talbot area 1900. Home about us books special offers events news contact. South wales police department said they were aware of. Have you any memories or experiences to share of steelworks in wales. At the start of last year there was a distinct possibility that the tata steelworks. In 1945, the port talbot and margam steelworks, owned by guest keen and baldwins, employed fewer than 5,000 workers. More than a thousand glass negatives were saved from being lost by members of the historical society of port talbot and by working in collaboration with the peoples collection wales programme and national library of wales volunteers they have now all been digitized. Steelworks at port talbot, ebbw vale, llanwern and shotton were regularly breaking production records. Future for port talbots steelworks appears bleaker than. Tata steel with its global presence in the steel industry across 5 continents, has been recognized as one of the largest steel manufacturers and suppliers of steel products. It is the main source of the economy which if it were to go would be the end of port talbot.
Port talbot past and present is the brainchild of baglan resident dennis reed, 75, and shows historic views of port talbot alongside modern photographs taken from the same vantage point. A brief history of port talbot port talbot is an industrial town in the historical county of glamorgan, south wales, uk, with a population of around 50,000. Port talbot steelworks is an integrated steel production plant in port talbot, west glamorgan, wales, capable of producing nearly 5 million tonnes of steel slab per annum. Abstract this thesis examines the history of steelmaking at port talbot in south wales from the start of modern steelmaking in 1902 to 1988. Port talbot is shaped by the steelworks jump to media player as port talbot in south wales is rocked by news of 750 job cuts at its steel plant, a local historian assesses the impact. Tata steel has put the uks largest steelmaking business up for sale. Port talbot photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Libraries neath port talbot county borough council. The steelworks at port talbot formerly owned by corus and now owned and operated by tata steel has its own fleet of industrial shunters which regularly venture into margam yard. By 1898 the docks were again in need of upgrading, this time under the auspices of miss emily talbot. Browse the independent s complete collection of articles and commentary on port talbot. Nearby are the steelworks at margam and the oil refinery at baglan. Modern port talbot is a town formed from the merging of multiple villages, including baglan, margam, and aberafan. The pictures in neath and port talbot memories are made of this, the latest in a series of books published continuously for nearly two decades, once again records daily life through the eyes of those who were there.
Apm publishing, umpg publishing, adrev publishing, and 1 music rights societies song. Port talbot latest news, breaking stories and comment the. The molten iron that has been the lifeblood of port talbot for more than a century is still flowing for now, at least. Port talbot steelworks opening newsreel footage youtube. We follow john 70 a retired worker and lifelong resident of port talbot as he runs familiar paths, contemplating the shadows of uncertainty as the future of welsh steel hangs in a precarious balance. Its especially important because it supplied the port talbot steelworks with sinter ground limestone which acts as a flux in the steel making process. Banksys latest mural is a haunting take on air pollution. That said within 10 minutes drive you can be on the beach at aberavon or porthcawl or even in the middle of the countryside. The port talbot steelworks have suffered many setbacks, closures and job losses in recent years, greatly effecting the local economy and community.
Best of old port talbot in new history book port talbot. Port talbot is an industrial town and is home to the famous port talbot steel works which employs over 10,000 people in the area. This led to questions about the future of britains steel industry. With the construction of the new abbey works and the formation of the steel company of wales, the demands of the local steel industry grew exponentially so that by 1961 the works employed over 18,000 workers. Its been part of our history since day one, its part of newport and. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. This makes it the larger of the two major steel plants in the uk and one of the largest in europe. Port talbot steelworks once the largest employer in grubb at english wikipedia transferred from en. Transfer bar cooling at tata steel plant in port talbot, wales. This week we got a message about a stunning piece of video, created in port talbot, south wales. The swanseabased daily south wales evening post and the weekly courier and tribune are distributed in the town and are published by media wales, part of the reach plc group.
Steel voices a history of the port talbot steelworkers. Mar 31, 2016 tata steel owns britains biggest steelworks in port talbot, wales, as well as sites in rotherham, corby and shotton. Art uk is the online home for every public collection in the uk. It is situated at the mouth of the river afon on swansea bay an embayment of the bristol channel and adjoins the locality of margam to the. The steelworks dominates the skyline at port talbot, south wales. Port talbots steelworks is only open today because of the. Permit with introductory note natural resources wales. The essexbased dealer who has bought the banksy image painted on a garage in port talbot says that plans are moving ahead for an urban art centre in the south wales town. Oct 09, 2016 steelworks closure would be a catastrophe for local area. Port talbot latest news, breaking stories and comment. I finished school in 1958, at velindre secondary modern school.
The union said port talbot steelworks would need new facilities to supply orb, which would take a few years to build. It is best known as the home of the port talbot steelworks, one of biggest steelworks in the world, which currently employs an estimated 10% of the towns population. The thatcher government set the british steel corporation a target to balance its books by the end of the. Apr 12, 2016 this video is about port talbot tata steel aerial stock footage shot by drone. Dec 21, 2018 the haunting video post, accompanied by a childrens christmas song, first displays the mural itself. By the 1950s, south wales had even overtaken the north east of. It is 7 miles 11 km to the east of swansea across the swansea bay, with a population, in 2011, was 37,276. Apr 10, 2014 port talbot steelworks opening newsreel footage peter bader. Licensed to youtube by adrev for a 3rd party, adrev masters admin on behalf of bruton. All neath port talbot libraries will close at the end of today 17032020 until further notice. I had many jobs in port talbot, window cleaning, working at corona soft drinks, the plaza cinema, the grand cinema, marcroft wagons at forge road, i worked on aberavon beach in. Port talbot steelworks is an integrated steel production plant in port talbot, west.