What connects the ‘Dipping Bridge’ in Merthyr Mawr (near Bridgend) with the most notorious murderer and highwayman in 18th century Glamorgan? 🐎💀
I have gone back to where it all happened to piece together the history of that time and bring it alive.
This video is all about the man at the centre of this controversy, the veracious outlaw; ‘Cap Coch’. It looks at
▶️Who he was,
▶️The crimes he committed,
▶️What happened to him,
▶️How murder and robbery could happen on such a scale in what seems to be a peaceful, quiet spot.
▶️And how he evaded justice for so long.
I really hope you enjoy it – running time 12 minutes – feel free to share on your socials. Great introduction to history if you have kids or grandkids who are curious about what used to go on in and around Bridgend in the olden days.
Me and my ex went camping in the woods there once (and this is why im posting this as i had one of those do u remember that time moments) so i googled the history as something weird happened. Anyway we found a space in the woods to pitch up the tent it was starting to get dark so we pitched up then she was on her phone sitting in the tent while i was preparing wood for the fire and all of a sudden i heard a horse galloping sound so initailly i thought it was a horse in the field over until it was getting louder and closer so i said to alison get our of the tent and listen to that horse wheres it coming from? I said were in the middle of the woods and its getting louder and the direction in which it was coming from was in the woods and theres no way a horse could run through there as the trees hedges ect where barely enough to squeeze through so theres no way a horse could gallop through it.anyway the galloping just kept getting closer and closer (we both went white asf and the galloping noise slowed down right next to us and we could hear it grunting and breathing we absolutely shit a brick my mussus yanked the tent out of the ground and dragged it with the pegs hanging out straight out of there and back to the car which was in the main car park at this point it was dark and got the fuck ou of there and never went back. I never beleived in ghosts until that point so after having that brainwave memory this morning it looks like it does have history after finding bodies in that woods. True story tho
Wow! Scary stuff