Merthyr Reflections – Hello, From Friday 31st March 2023, Breaking Barriers Community Arts will cease to trade. This decision was not made lightly, but in the interest of the business and its clients. It is the right but difficult decision to make. We would like to give a big thank you to everyone who has worked with us over the years. In the 23 years we have been running, as a project and later as a social enterprise, we’ve been proud to have offered people some wonderful opportunities. We’re also glad to have facilitated and recorded some amazing and important stories, on the individual storytellers’ own terms. Thank you for letting us help you tell your amazing stories. In the future, for creative services and the story archive, you can reach out to Head4Arts via http://head4arts.org.uk/contact/ Many thanks, Breaking Barriers Community Arts

This album contains digital stories created on the Merthyr Reflections project. It took place at the time Merthyr Old Town Hall was being regenerated by Heritage Lottery Fund and Merthyr Housing Association to become Red House. It captured over 70 stories about the Old Town Hall. Eight were made into digital stories on workshops, the remainder are kept as archive audio stories.

Evan Cynog Price by John Price | Why Merthyr Housing Association? by Karen Dusgate | Jean Cynog Price by John Price

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The Woman Who Haunted the Town Hall by Carolyn Jacob | The Boyhood of Jack Price by Alun Price | Ditching the Strings by Phil Jones

Poor Will by Phil Jones | Rees Price by John Price