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Join us for a Cadw Open Doors event at the Tabernacle Chapel, Pontycymer on Saturday 26th September, 10am–4pm. Free entry, with organ music from Graham Holcombe, recitals from Megan Marshall, refreshments and an exhibition on the Garw’s history.
Our Autumn 2026 newsletter is here! Inside: the Daniel James plaque comes home to Blaengarw, the story of the Tabernacle Chapel, memories of St Theodore’s Church, a tribute to artist Kevin Sinnott, and Aberfan recollections 60 years on. Read online or download your copy.
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.
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…
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…