<sod>The author [[Richard Llewellyn]] stayed in Gilfach Goch (1939) for the writing of his novel '[[How Green Was My Valley]]' that is set in a fictional mining village based on Gilfach Goch.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=John |last2=Jenkins |first2=Nigel |title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales |year=2008 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff|page=513 |isbn=978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref> Llewellyn would spend long summer holidays with his grandfather in the village. <eod>
<sod>The author [[Richard Llewellyn]] stayed in Gilfach Goch (1939) for the writing of his novel '[[How Green Was My Valley]]' that is set in a fictional mining village based on Gilfach Goch.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=John |last2=Jenkins |first2=Nigel |title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales |year=2008 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff|page=513 |isbn=978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref> Llewellyn would spend long summer holidays with his grandfather in the village.<eod>