The story continues with additional shopping in the market, Arcade, Church Street, and in the town shops in Taff Street, High Street and Mill Street

Other chapters feature the Glamorganshire Canal, Doctor's Canal and the rivers and bridges of the district; the Taff Vale and other railways; and the sights and experiences aboard a Victorian train on an outing to the magic of Barry Island; crafts and light industries, coachbuilders and their wagonettes, hansom cabs, brougham carriages; the motor car arrives; mills and breweries; Nantgarw China Works; the heavy industries of iron, steel, tinplate and chainmaking. Then the work of the emergency services: police, fire, ambulance; the 'penny black' days of the post office; gaslight, council affairs and on the Ponty buses. Coal-mining and its impact on Pontypridd. Pits and levels. The early miners and their working conditions. The wage cuts and strikes that brought troops to the town. A short narrative account of the Albion Colliery disaster. And much more on coal. Lastly, the leisure pursuits of the Victorians, 'on the town': theatres, music halls and dance halls. The cinema arrives. A look inside some of the local pubs and inns. Some sporting activities, choirs and societies, brass and silver bands, and the composing of 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau'.