The People of Maesteg
Kelsey Roberts
The People of Maesteg Pillars
Maesteg, a small town at the nothern end of the Llynfi Valley was built around the mining and iron works bringing people from all corners but keeping its strong Welsh heritage and identity.
From its industrial past the community has grown into a thriving centre creating a town of personalities that gives the town its strength.
This body of work is to showcase the linchpins of the town that have done and will continue to keep the town going.
ANDREW JAMES
Current Mayor of Maesteg
STEVE MADDERN Town Crier for Maesteg
MATTHEW ROWLANDS
Youth Worker at Noddfa Community Center
ROBYN JOHNSTONE
Worker at the food pantry in Noddfa Community Center
Ali Manager of Adonik Indian Restaurant
BILL
Owner of Best One Corner Shop
CLAIRE EDMUNDS
Founder of Special Families Maesteg
RUTH WHELAN Founder of Curtain Up Youth Theatre
ENID-SIAN HUGHES
Choir Master of Maesteg Children’s Choir
DEAN RONAN
Coach for Maesteg Quins
ANDREW HOLE
Coach of the Valley Foxes
OWEN DAVID Farrier
GAVIN WILLIAMS Captain of GSC Darts team
JOSIE LEWIS
Welsh Champion Dancer and Boxing Coach
STEVE REES
Creating pottery for residents of the town.
MOUREEN EDWARDS Founder of the Animal Welfare Society
Emily Ackery
EBA Tails and Trails Dog Walking
HAYLEY ROBERTS
Doggy Day Dream Groomers
DAVID JAMES
Monumental Mason of Maesteg Cemetry
TRACEY NEWMAN Coach at UDC
YR HEN BLWYF - THE OLD PARISH Running group
With special thanks to the people and communities of Maesteg for their participation in this project.
To everyone who communicated with me in finding all the participants, my greatest thanks to you all.
This book isn’t just for the people who have been photographed but for the whole town for enabling me to take the pictures and for encouraging me to keep going.
With this project, I set out to showcase the good that happens in Maesteg and the community is something that is hugely important to us. I have achieved this and more due to the people being completely and utterly supportive in my adventure of showing what Maesteg Town is really like behind the scenes and despite the bad press we recieve being a small town in the South Wales Valleys.