Charity No. 1187117
Has anybody seen our gunboat plaque? In 1942-3, during War Savings Week, the people of the Garw Valley contributed a large sum of money to buy a gunboat. Motor Gunboat no.57 (MGB57) was dedicated to the Garw with a plaque given. The gunboat itself was destroyed in a fire in the 2004, but the plaque…
We are looking for household items that would have been used in the Garw Valley in the 1910s to 1920s, e.g. washing boards, tin baths or any games that would have been played by adults or children in that period. We would like to photograph items or borrow them for our exhibition in 2014. We…
The Garw Valley Heritage Society is looking to expand its website (www.garwheritage.co.uk) and urgently needs more photographs, memories, and items of historical interest from Garw residents, especially from the Betws and Llangeinor areas which are currently under-represented. If you have anything of interest that can be copied and returned, please call secretary Jean Fowlds on…
In 2014, the Heritage Society is proposing to develop an exhibition and display of articles relevant to the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. We would like to be able to show how this event was recorded in the Valley; how people lived here at that time and what their lives were like….
A member of our society, Colin Davies has asked for help in identifying these people. He asks, “Please does anyone recognise themselves, or a member of their family, in the photos? They were taken about 1948/1949 in the yard of my mother’s old home Maes-y Deri, just up behind Llangeinor Railway Stn. My mother and…