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The Garw Valley Heritage Society will be hosting an exhibition in the Blaengarw Rugby Club, known as the Halfway, on Saturday October 20th. On display will be pictures, stories and artefacts showing Garw life over the last 150 years, and a screened non-stop projection of slides and old photographs. As it is close to the anniversary of…
By: David JK Jones Ajit Singh lived in post war Bridgend and the tall, 27 year old, bearded, Sikh who wore the traditional turban was a familiar sight around the town. It is not clear why he came to Bridgend but we know that he arrived in Britain in 1949 and worked as a painter….
Bold designs for a new heritage centre proposed to be built in Pontycymer in the heart of the Garw Valley were unveiled today.
By William T Parker Copyright Applied For “Tongue it, tongue it you flamers.” These were the first frightening words I heard on my second attempt to join the Blaengarw Silver Band, this time at the age of eleven. It was 1943. The determined voice belonged to Bandmaster William Jenkins, a short thickset man who resembled…
By David JK Jones Gladys May George was my Grandmother, a prolific writer and avid diary keeper. I felt that some extracts from her memories might be of interest to Society Members. Gladys George was born at 19 Chapel Row, Llanharan on the 21st July 1908. Her parents were an Ystrad Mynach couple, Lucy Frowen…