Charity No. 1187117
The Garw Valley Heritage Society has produced its 4th newsletter, for Autumn 2013, and includes articles about the 1961 Ffaldau pit accident and some early recollections from a Llangeinor boyhood and some finds in Stormy Down. Copies have been distributed throughout the Valley at Blaengarw Hall, in Danymynydd, Pontycymmer Leisure Centre, the BAVO office in…
Well what a busy year this has been for our Society. As well as attending local shows such as Llangeinor & Braich y cymmer fetes which we all enjoy, our members have once again taken part in the Bridgend Heritage’Open Door’ events with the Dr. Richard Price walk and the increasingly popular Calon Lan walk.
On Monday the 4th of June, G.V.H.S. were invited to set up a stall outdors at the Braichycymmer / Pontrhyl Jubilee Fete. Our members arrived with plenty of time to set up the stall. Although we could not do our usual laptop and screen display we more than made up for it with several albums…
The Society was represented at the Community Transport Forum, held in Cefn Cribwr on 21 October 2011. The lead speaker was the First Minister in his capacity as the Assembly Member for Bridgend. The theme was primarily to gather, and collate, comments from local communities and develop preferences relating to the best way to meet…
A free guided walk will be taking place in Blaengarw on Saturday 17th September. The theme for the walk will be the life of Daniel James, a poet who lived and worked in Blaengarw during the 1880’s and wrote the words for the popular Welsh hymn “Calon Lan”. You will also hear stories about the mining and…