My Advice to Young People Is to Leave. Get On a Plane to Canada. Just Go... ; in a Town Where Almost 500 People Have Lost Their Jobs at a Factory in the Last Month, David James Discovers That a Proud History Is No Guarantee of a Certain Future

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OVER the decades and the generations, the Valleys stronghold of Maesteg has been one of the most formidable symbols of Welsh rugby prowess and national and community pride.

Cupped by mountains on three sides, this industrial town has had one of the strongest identities to be found in any valley across South Wales.

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My Advice to Young People Is to Leave. Get On a Plane to Canada. Just Go... ; in a Town Where Almost 500 People Have Lost Their Jobs at a Factory in the Last Month, David James Discovers That a Proud History Is No Guarantee of a Certain Future

Yet today the mood on the streets is anything but proud.

The town of JJ Williams and Maesteg RFC, where national anthem Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau was performed in public for the first time 152 years ago, has been left reeling by recent job loss annou...

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