In Memory of Kevin Sinnott

The Garw Valley Heritage Society has heard this week of the sad death of Kevin Sinnott, renowned artist who amongst his many achievements has supported us with lending his paintings for display on our newsletters, and for the Glamorgan Family History Society journals.

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Photo Archive News

More Photos Added to Our Flickr Archive We’ve been busy behind the scenes and are delighted to share that we’ve added lots more photographs to our online archive on Flickr. Our growing collection captures the people, places and stories of the Garw Valley, helping to preserve local history and making it easy for everyone to…

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Tylagwyn Chapel Closure

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…

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2022 Society Update

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…

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