Editing Pontypridd (section)

===Culture===
[[File:JamesJamesEvanJamesMemorialPontypriddPark.jpg|thumb|A memorial in Ynysangharad Park to Evan James and James James, composers of the Welsh national anthem]]
*The Welsh [[national anthem]] [[Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau]] ('The Land of my Fathers') was composed in Pontypridd by local poets/musicians [[Evan James (poet)|Evan James]] and [[James James]]. 
*Pontypridd was home to the eccentric [[William Price (doctor)|Dr William Price]] who performed the first modern cremation in the United Kingdom.
*Pontypridd hosted the [[National Eisteddfod]] in 1893 and also hosted the 2024 Eisteddfod.
*[[Côr Meibion Pontypridd]] (Pontypridd Male Voice Choir)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.malechoir.com/index.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 October 2007 |archive-date=8 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808144825/http://www.malechoir.com/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Pontypridd holds the [[Welsh Poetry Competition]], the biggest of its kind in Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.welshpoetry.co.uk/ |title=Home – Poetry Competition |website=Welshpoetry.co.uk |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111190611/https://www.welshpoetry.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*The singer [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] was born in Treforest and often mentions his home town in interviews.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tomjones.com/news/index.aspx?newsid=32 |title=Tom Jones |date=13 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113032502/http://www.tomjones.com/news/index.aspx?newsid=32 |access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=13 November 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4588611.stm |work=BBC News |title=Home town welcomes back Tom Jones |date=28 May 2005 |access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> He headlined in a 65th birthday concert at the town's Ynysangharad Park.
*The [[Pontypridd Market and Town Hall]] contained an auditorium, latterly known as the Town Hall Theatre, which closed in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://wsa-ondisplay.co.uk/2020/category/undergraduate/year-2/pontypridd-performance-space/  |title=Pontypridd Performance Space| publisher= Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University  |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>