Charity No. 1187117
It is sad to relate that this chapel will be closing on December 16th, with its final service at 11.30am. Tylagwyn Chapel is the oldest chapel in the valley, having opened in 1831 as Craig Wen Particular Baptist Cwmgarw. It was renamed in the 1880s after enlargement as Tylagwyn Baptist Chapel. Older Garw residents have…
The Garw Valley Heritage Society is currently involved in plans for exhibitions and talks throughout this year, in various venues up and down the Garw valley, now that there is more freedom of movement and the virus hopefully losing its grip. Details of these will be announced on the GVHS website and also on our…
Wishing you joy at Christmas and prosperity in the coming year, from all at the Garw Heritage Society.
What we have been doing… Not a lot publicly, obviously, but our website has been busy with visitors via Facebook and Twitter. We have been holding our monthly meetings via the Zoom connection on the internet, so have managed to keep in touch, with our main concerns being to archive and register the large amount…
The Garw Valley Heritage Society is pleased to announce that it has been given charitable status as a Charity Incorporated Organisation by the Charities Commission. Grateful thanks are due to BAVO, the Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations, for its unstinting help and support in achieving this goal. BAVO’s Deb Evans was a constant source of advice and aid with the large amount of paperwork involved. On February 6th the old…