Opened in 1892 as a development on an earlier (1868) workmen's library initiative, the Cwmaman Workmen's Hall & Institute was officially unveiled by Lord Aberdare. The site was leased by the Cwmneol Estate for a piecemeal rate. By the end of the 1920s, the Hall contained a public hall and lesser hall, library and reading room, gymnasium, billiards room, band room, and four committee rooms. A cinema operated here in the inter-war years. Extensive external renovation was carried out in 1993 and the building remained in use up until 2016 when it closed.
Daryl Leeworthy, RCAHMW, 12 September 2011.
Meilyr Powel, RCAHMW, October 2020.
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