Gone but not forgotten

The Bowls Inn occupied a prominent position on the B4263 Abertridwr Road and stood opposite Station Road.  Dating back to the early 1880s and offered thirsty coal workers a place to relax after a hard day's graft.

In 1851 the public house was in the possession of Eli Price who was known as a butcher, farmer and innkeeper.  It is believed an earlier inn stood on the present site dating back to the 17th century and served the foundry and farm workers of Caerphilly.

Safai’r New Inn ar Short Bridge Street, ond fe’i caewyd a daeth yn safle i Price’s Electrical.  Bu unwaith yn brif dafarn Llanidloes.
 

Bu unwaith yn dafarn blaenllaw ar Lion Street Aberhonddu.  Tan yn ddiweddar sefydlwyd Cwmni Breconshire Canal a Lime yno.  Roedd lle i 50 o geffylau yno ac roedd 50 erw o dir cyfagos yn perthyn iddi.
 

The Lamb and Flag was opened in 1845 and the licensee by 1908 was Mrs Catherine Rees.  Following a tribunal the inn was closed in the 1920s and is now a private house.

It was located some half a mile up the hill between Cwmfelin and Llangynwyd.  At one time the inn was used for the change and refreshment of bearers in funerals who were on their way to the churchyards.