Valleys Life celebrated the independent businesses of the South Wales Valleys in print from 2010 to 2014.

Valleys Life launched in Autumn 2010 as a sister title to Vale Life. In print it reached from the Neath Valley in the west to Blaenau Gwent and Pontypool in the east, and every issue was printed in Blackwood. We loved producing it and meeting the shop owners, chefs, salons and makers who filled its pages.

Today Valleys Life is an online magazine, and the stories carry on here.

This archive brings the printed issues together, from Autumn 2010 to Winter 2014. Choose a cover to see what was inside, or open the full magazine online.

Valleys Life Winter 2014 cover. A model with long fair hair and red lipstick, in a teal and black patterned trouser suit with a dark printed blouse, sits on a red velvet chaise longue on a patterned rug in a dark wood-panelled room. Headline: Winter Cool.
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Valleys Life Winter 2014 cover. A model with long fair hair and red lipstick, in a teal and black patterned trouser suit with a dark printed blouse, sits on a red velvet chaise longue on a patterned rug in a dark wood-panelled room. Headline: Winter Cool.Win 2014Winter Cool
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2013

Valleys Life Summer/Autumn 2013 cover. A model with long wavy auburn hair wears a bright blue coat over a pleated blue dress and carries a black leather bag, leaning against a vintage wooden railway carriage on a platform in low golden light. Headline: Stepping Out.Sum/Aut 2013Stepping OutValleys Life Spring 2013 cover. A pencil and watercolour illustration of a young woman with long wavy fair hair, freckles and pink lips, with large pink and peach roses and a lily in her hair, on a pale parchment background. Headline: Get Creative.Spr 2013Get Creative
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2012

Valleys Life Winter 2012 cover. A model with long auburn hair wears a pale pink wide-brimmed hat, a sheepskin collar over a black quilted jacket, a patterned blouse and a full burgundy skirt, standing with a hand on her hip in a pine forest. Headline: Winter Wonder.Win 2012Winter WonderValleys Life Summer 2012 cover. A model with dark hair pinned up wears a strapless red dress with a lace bodice and full pleated skirt, standing on the stone steps of a grand colonnaded building. Headline: Well Red.Sum 2012Well RedValleys Life Spring 2012 cover. A model with long blonde hair swept over one shoulder wears a coral beaded sleeveless top with a scalloped neckline, photographed against a plain pale grey background. Headline: Spring Style.Spr 2012Spring Style

2011

Valleys Life Autumn 2011 cover. A woman with long dark wavy hair, wearing a long-sleeved white plunge-neck dress, a pendant necklace and a ring, sits on a red velvet chair with a carved frame in a warmly lit room. Headline: White Christmas.Aut 2011White ChristmasValleys Life Summer 2011 cover. A miner in a helmet with a lamp and a green work shirt holds a pick over his shoulder and a brass safety lamp, standing in front of red pithead winding gear at Rhondda Heritage Park under a blue sky. Headline: Shine On.Sum 2011Shine OnValleys Life Spring 2011 cover. A cream and gold floral roller blind half drawn over a window in a white panelled room, with an ornate cream chest of drawers, a carved chair with a cushion, a small writing desk with a lamp and an ornate mirror. Headline: Shades of Spring.Spr 2011Shades of Spring

2010

Valleys Life Winter 2010 cover. A woman with long brown hair, eyes closed and head tilted back, is wrapped in billowing red satin that fills the frame, wearing a gold pendant, a bracelet and rings. Headline: Hot Stuff.Win 2010Hot StuffValleys Life Autumn 2010 cover. A close-up of a white bowl of steamed mussels in their shells on a restaurant table, with glasses of white wine and a second plate of food behind it in a bright dining room with a potted plant. Headline: Delicious!Aut 2010Delicious!
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