The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall came to New Tredegar on Thursday, July 4.
The Royal couple were greeted by residents gathering and waving Welsh flags.
The sun was shining for the couple as they visited two locations within the village as part of their annual summer visit to Wales.
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall first called into the Winding House Museum to see the fully restored Victorian winding engine that was used to power the lifts taking workers into the mine shafts below ground. They also met a local craft group to view their work.
Then they spent time chatting with the crowd as they walked to nearby White Rose Primary School to meet children and staff involved in literacy and healthy eating projects. During the visit Their Royal Highnesses awarded the school a prestigious ‘National Quality Award’ from The Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes.
The National Quality Award recognises excellence in whole school practice across a number of health related themes, such as food and fitness, mental and emotional health and wellbeing, personal development and relationships as well as environmental issues
The school has also been involved in a songwriting and singing project with The Aloud Charity. The project, called ‘Aloud in the Classroom,’ is a pilot project that is hoped to be rolled out to other schools across Wales.
Tim Rhys-Evans MBE is the founder and Artistic Director of The Aloud Charity. Tim, who is originally from New Tredegar and a former pupil of Elliotstown (now White Rose) Primary School, is a choral conductor and voice specialist who is best known as the founder of Only Men Aloud and Only Boys Aloud.
The tour coincides with the 50th anniversary of His Royal Highness’s investiture as Prince of Wales and will be an opportunity to celebrate the range of Welsh charities, organisations and communities with which The Prince has been involved during the last five decades.
Despite holding the title since 1958, Prince Charles was formerly invested as Prince of Wales at a ceremony in Caernarfon Castle on July 1, 1969.
On Monday, July 1, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were at the Prince’s Trust call centre in Nantgarw to meet with staff.
Youth charity The Prince’s Trust helps young people to develop the confidence and skills they need to realise their ambitions, so that they can live, learn and earn.
Founded by The Prince of Wales in 1976, the charity supports 11 to 30 year-olds who are unemployed, struggling at school and at risk of exclusion.