David Davies black plaque

This black commemorative plaque records: A coal miner for 75 years, started work at the age of 7 and retired at the age of 80 lived here. David Davies 1842-1928 Cartref yr uchod, a fu'n lowr o saith oed ymlaen tan ei ymddcoliad yn 80 oed. Recorded plaque organisation: Maerdy Archive.

David Davies was a coal miner who began working at the age of seven and continued for 75 years until his retirement at eighty, exemplifying the harsh conditions and longevity of service common among miners in the 19th and early 20th centuries.