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'''Maerdy''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|m|ɑːr|d|i}}, {{lang-cy|Y Maerdy}}) is a village and [[Community (Wales)|community]] (and [[electoral ward]]) in the [[county borough]] of [[Rhondda Cynon Taf]], and within the historic county boundaries of [[Glamorgan]], Wales, lying at the head of the [[Rhondda]] Fach Valley.
== History ==
"Maerdy" is a [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word meaning "house of the
The area grew from a farming community to town around the [[coal mining]] industry and the development of [[Mardy Colliery]] in the late 19th century, but its last pit (Mardy Main) shut in 1990. Maerdy was not originally an area of industrial confrontation, with the Cambrian mines of [[Pentre]] showing far more [[socialist]] ideals. This view would change by the mid to late 20th century when Maerdy became synonymous with working class [[syndicalism]] and solidarity. In the mid-twentieth century Maerdy was associated with the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] and radical miners' leaders such as [[Arthur Horner (politician)|Arthur Horner]] and was known as ''[[Little Moscow]]''. By the time of the [[UK miners' strike (1984–1985)|Miners' strike]] in the 1980s, Maerdy was the location of one of the last working mines in the south Wales valleys, and the pictures of the returning miners once the strike was resolved was one of the defining moments of late 20th century Welsh history.
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A newer, updated War memorial has been erected adjacent to the Colliery memorial with the names of all the soldiers who died in both World War I and World War II.
In 2017, a memorial, known locally as the ‘Maerdy Gateway’ was created at the foot of the mountain road leading to neighbouring [[Aberdare]]. It consists of a pitwheel and a statue of a miner holding a child, wrapped in a traditional Welsh shawl, in memoriam and recognition
==Governance==
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*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2795809 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Maerdy and surrounding area]
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