We love learning about these interesting, historical places in Wales from you! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #wales #welshhistory #merthyrtydfil #cyfartfhacastle #travelhistory

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear Anne, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

I love the faint touch of a rainbow at the beginning! 💕💕

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Well spotted Lisamarie, that's the one nice thing about all the rain we've been having 🌈 🙂😎🐼

The architecture is stunning! What a lovely history lesson in the beautiful sunshine.

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the trip Hazel, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Oh how I loved this tour. It's so interesting to see where my ancestors might have walked. I grew up in a town founded by the Scottish born, Alexander Arthur, called Middlesborough, Kentucky, built inside an actual crater. I grew up going to our Carnegie library. It now houses our museum about our area. Thank you for the tour!

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

We're so happy to hear how much you enjoyed this video tour, and thank you for sharing the history of your home town and it's Carnegie Library. That's great 🙂😎🐼

Wow, that castle and church are amazing, love all the stone work. Always cute to see Manky learning new things!

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Nicole, we agree about the stone work, and Manky 😄 thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

I loved this week's video, I went to Merthr many years ago with my husband, Dave. He has since died, so it brought back lots of happy memories for me. The house & town hall were amazing 😀. Thanks

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment Anne, we are always touched when we know that our videos have stirred happy memories. Take care and thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Some good history came from Tydfil, and a lot of beautiful buildings. Have a good week.

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Michelanne, hope you've had a good week too, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

What a beautiful day for an outing, and a lovely drive. Merthyr Tydfil has a fascinating history, and thank you for sharing your knowledge as I had no idea of its past. It was good to start with a visit to a church and some gravestones as there's something very levelling about reading old gravestones and they are a great source of historic information in their own right. Yes, absolutely rude not to visit a town's charity shops. Always a pleasure! Either you love em or you hate em, and I do love em. A lovely selection of background music today and another brilliant visit. Thoroughly enjoyed it all. Thank you both.

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words and encouraging comments. We're so happy to hear how much you enjoyed this trip, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

You captured the town beautifully! Thank you for another lovely journey from rainy NY! 🤗

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Hello in rainy New York Tracy, from rainy South Wales... We're having to choose an hour or so each week while it's dry to make our videos 😄😂 So glad you liked Merthyr Town, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Love the new adventures! The history and architecture are stunning!❤

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

That's great Angela, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Awesome video with great history too. Take care and thank you for sharing 👍🙏❤️

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the history Chris, you take care too, and thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Thanks again for another great b trip.

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Kathleen, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Thank you for the visit around Merthr. I've only visited Cardiff on a day trip from Weston-super-mare many years ago. I am trying to memorise it all for tonight's quiz lol

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed this visit to Merthyr Belinda 🙂😎🐼

Lovely video Phil and Caroline! Love the Stan glass windows so pretty and the cottages! 😊

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam 🙂😎🐼

wonderful, informative video 🥰

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it Cathy, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Loved this

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

That's great Laura, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

That was a great watch.... Im from Merthyr and went to school in the castle.... Thank you 😍 x

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's brilliant Claire, hope the video brought back some happy memories, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Thanks for this lovely historical perspective of Merthyr Tydfil . I'm pretty sure we Beachley Boy's went thru there on our way to Sennybridge for our annual summer training in the Brecon Beacons. Does anyone know where my wife and I went over a small bridge and had to pay about 5p to cross over.(2001). We have laughed a few times about that. Lovely video .......

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the video, and that it brought back memories of training in the Brecon Beacons. That bridge is a mystery to us, but we do remember one that cost 20p in the 1990's but that was near Bath. Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

My home town so full of history with the steel works and where the Sinclair c5 was made in Hoover's washing machine factory in pentrebach 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Yes Andrew, we remember the excitement in the area when they announced that The Sinclair C5 was going to be built at Hoovers. What a difference it would have made if the C5 had been a viable project. Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼

We did fall into daylight saving time...I was unaware. Kinda early for that. I'll watch you back

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

You're not on your own Laura, we've been caught out in the past, but hopefully we'll remember to move our clocks forward an hour tonight ⏰🙂😎🐼

@59tante

Жыл бұрын

At my age it matters little with exception of missing your live

Thanks for the history and the op shopping. Op is short for opportunity. That’s our name for thrift or second hand shops 👍

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

That's a new name to me Lynda, but 'Op Shopping' isn't new just the name, as Caroline does love to look for bargains 🙂😎🐼

Cyfarthfa Castle is my old school back in 1983

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a small world it is... Hope seeing the old place had some happy memories for you. Thanks for watching 😎🐼🙂

There are so many Towns and I'm fascinated with them all. Thanks Phil, Caroline and Manky . Love and Good wishes to you . ☺🍀🌺

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

That's great Rosia, as there are a lot more to visit 🙂😎🐼

Wow, So interesting, I do enjoy your travel vlogs .. thanks both, xx ❤

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Joan, thanks for watching 😎🙂🐼🐼

Finally catching up on your vids! Beautiful history as always. Thank you so much my lovelies xx Teresa 🇦🇺❤

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

I'm finally catching up with the comments Teressa, thank you so much for watching 🙂😎🐼

Beautiful tour. As a librarian, I learned the history of Carnegie and the foundation to build libraries and other educational spaces and the special architecture plans they were built with here in the US. However, I did not know his early history as a Welshman. That is very cool.

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the Library History Laura, but while we are all Celts, I should point out that Mr Carnegie was from Scotland, however he did build some lovely libraries here in Wales 🙂😎🐼

Nice town, I'm really enjoying our little trips!

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

That's lovely to hear Carol, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Thank you lovely trip❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure 🙂😎🐼

A lovely video, interesting history put across beautifully. Caroline more Welsh please 🙏, such a gorgeous language 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Charlotte, so glad you enjoyed the video, and we'll try to put a bit more welsh in from time to time. 🙂😎🐼

Will you eventually be putting your wellies back on and mudlarking again?

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

We never say never April, but we don't plan to take as many risks in future so the Mudlarking isn't on our to do list. 🙂😎🐼

Great tour! Did I miss the posting of a live video? I can’t seem to find it on KZread or on Kofi. (I wasn’t able to watch it live Saturday.)

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

So sorry Michele, I have to list it after the show and I completely forgot 😱 But they're all up on KZread now 🙂😎🐼

Shame whats happening here in merthyr the town as gone to the dogs hope it improves x

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

9 ай бұрын

The decline in Welsh Towns and the valleys is very sad, and it feels like every recession hits us worse as we lost so much through the 1980's and have never really recovered. But we share your hope for the future, and believe in the spirit of the Welsh community, which has endured so much over the centuries but still shines through, will be rise again and see brighter days not just in Merthyr but across our beautiful country. Ri ni yma o hyd! Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching. 🤠😎🐼

🙋‍♀️❤

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Hi Margaret and thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼

Are you going to do Aberdare? ❤

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

Жыл бұрын

Yes Violet, we'll definitely be getting to Aberdare. There's great history, lovely architecture and some good charity shops over there. 🙂😎🐼

@violetlilly9644

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons Can’t wait! ❤️

@violetlilly9644

Жыл бұрын

Loved Tintern Abbey, the Wye Valley is stunning isn’t it. My brother used to live in the Forest of Dean. 😍

You appear to have made a right mess of the spelling of Cyfarthfa on your thumbnail image!

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

7 ай бұрын

Well spotted Phil, 👀 no one noticed the F and T were the wrong way around, not even us. Top marks for observation 🏆

@phildavies6020

7 ай бұрын

@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons ..I hate to appear petty but having spent 5 years there as a Grammar School pupil I couldn’t help but notice it!

CRAWSHAY not Crayshaw!!!🙄🙄🙄

@LetsgowithTheJohnsons

5 ай бұрын

Sorry, my mistake 🤠😎🐼