Daniel James
Thank you to Colin for a great piece of research on Daniel James. Please find his document below.
Treboeth Heritage Society’s Calon Lan walk
On Wednesday June 20th, the G.V.H.S. played hosts to the Treboeth Heritage Society (Swansea). A coach party of 51 visitors came to explore and take a guided tour of Blaengarw, following in the footsteps of one of their own local heroes: the bard Daniel James, writer of Calon Lan. Arriving at 10:45am, and after stopping…
Calon Lan Guided Walk
A free guided walk will be taking place in Blaengarw on Saturday 17th September. The theme for the walk will be the life of Daniel James, a poet who lived and worked in Blaengarw during the 1880’s and wrote the words for the popular Welsh hymn “Calon Lan”. You will also hear stories about the mining and…