"The Narrow Gauge Inn"

[ceri]

Can anyone please help me with information on the Narrow Gauge Inn situated on Glebeland Street? My great-grandparents William and Sarah Rees were running the place around the 1871 period, having moved from the Dyffryn Arms. Around 1851 or before I gather the pub was called "The Pride of Erin"!

In 1901 my grandparents, William and Harriet (Beattie) Rees were running the place.

Am I right in assuming that this pub stood on Church Ground hence the name "Glebeland"? If so was it leasehold or was the land the pub stood on purchased by the Innkeeper himself.

I would be grateful if anyone has any knowledge of the above.

A Very Merry Christmas and a good New Year to everyone.

Ceri

[witchy1woman]

hi there i worked i cxn the pub from 1990 to 1993 all i remember was kevin n olwyn ran it.its now closed as u probably now and reopened as the splash bar.long gone are the old timers from merthyr.x

[ceri]

Hi - thank you for the information and I am pleased that you spent some time working there in what was my grandparents' and great grandparents Inn going back to early 1871 and before. Did Kevin and Olwyn ever talk about seeing occasionally a ghost there at night or experiencing something along those lines. I was told that there was - did you hear of anything like this while you worked there?

I feel sad (no annoyed) that someone (a local Brewery) had not thought of upgrading this Inn and making into a traditional Inn with good hot meals and good ales. I am sure word would get around to business people and anyone else that good traditional meals and a good drink can now be had at the Narrow Gauge (keeping this original name). In fact, I am quite surprised that this has not been done before now as it is now the fashion to upgrade these places along these lines. The Inn is in a good location, a nice street with a nice mix of shops.

Am I correct in thinking that even the Splash Bar has now closed? Regards

[roevans]

Kevin and Olwyn ran the pub from the 1980s until well into the 1990s until Kevin became too ill. They lived in the accomodation upstairs but I never heard them talking of any ghosts. Olwyn would have run a mile and Kevin, being a hardened ex-navy man (but a cracking bloke), would probably have had none of it.
I stayed there many a night and never felt, heard or saw anything.
While they were there, the land on which the pub was situated came under a lease held by the Glebe Estate which, ultimately was owned by the Catholic Church. They paid a lease to the Glebe Estate.

[bailey]

Sarah Rees is my great great grandmother, her son William Scott, by her first husband John Scott, is my great grandfather. William kept The Morlais in Pontmorlais and also The  Great Western. 😊