Miners' Welfare Hall
Henneuadd Road,
Abercrave,
SA9 1XA
Henneuadd Road,
Abercrave,
SA9 1XA
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This was one of the nicer cinemas in the Swansea Valley. However, its location at the top of the valley meant that it could only draw patronage from the immediate area of Abercrave and Penycae.
The main problem being that the last buses for Ystradgynlais and district left earlier in the evenings, usually before the film presentation had ended – thus making a Saturday night out at the Abercrave hall well nigh impossible for the majority of the local people who did not own cars at that time.
I can remember watching “The Robe” at this hall and having to hitch my way home afterwards to Ynysmeadwy. My mother was extremely annoyed when I arrived home at midnight.After that episode I was only allowed to visit the cinemas in Ystalyfera and Pontardawe.
The main alteration to the hall has been the leveling of the stalls area to provide a general purpose hall that can be used for a variety of purposes including formal dinners. The balcony is still as it was in the hall’s cinema days.