The people
A landlady who pulled her first pint here during the strike, and a chef who came home to keep the cellar.
Landlady
Carol was born in Edwardsville and pulled her first pint at the Colliers in 1984, during the strike, when her father was on the committee that ran the soup kitchen from the function room. She ran pubs in Pontypridd and Porthcawl before taking the licence here in 2011.
She runs the bar, the bookings and the function room, sets the Christmas quiz herself and knows who drinks what before they reach the bar.
Cellarman and Sunday chef
Rhys worked as a chef in Cardiff for fifteen years before coming home to Treharris. He keeps the cellar, chooses the guest ales, runs the sound desk on open mic nights and carves every Sunday.
He took the cellar from two pumps to four, and he will happily talk you through the difference between a mild and a porter for as long as you will listen.
The paperwork
Premises licence displayed by the door. We ask anyone who looks under 25 for ID, and we say no politely.
Our cellar and lines are inspected twice a year. (The accreditation is a placeholder on this demonstration site.)
An allergen book for every dish; the food hygiene rating by the door. (Left for the owner to fill in.)
Home of the darts and pool teams, Côr Bargoed rehearsals and the Christmas Day dinner for anyone on their own.
Real ale from £4.20, a Sunday carvery at £13.95, the quiz on Tuesdays and a band on Saturdays, at the bottom of the High Street in Treharris since 1893.