The Wizards Of Wood Street

By Don Macivor During the 1930s the Pontycymmer Refuse Dump, was more commonly known as ‘The Ash Tip.’ This was located just below Park St, and the Bowling Green & Tennis club. All kinds of refuse was dumped there daily, but it was mainly ashes from all the coal fires in use at the time,…

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Cadw Open Doors Event

The Garw Valley Heritage Society, in conjunction with Calon y Cwm, will be holding a Cadw Open Doors event at the William Trigg Centre (Dan y Mynydd) next Saturday September 10th.                                                   …

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Summer Newsletter

Here is our most recent newsletter for you to enjoy. Please do get in touch if you would like to contribute any articles – long or short – we would be most grateful for your support!

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