Charity No. 1187117
We regularly receive queries and requests from people looking to uncover more about local people and places, especially in connection with family history. While we’re always happy to provide photographs or copies of documents from our archives, we aren’t usually able to assist with building full family trees. But don’t worry—there are some great resources…
One of the Garw Valley Heritage Society’s involvements of the last year or so has been with the People’s Collection of Wales (PCW), with whom we are pleased to be working in partnership. They have welcomed our participation and help in building their extensive collections of photographs, stories and articles on the history of Wales….
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…