Charity No. 1187117
Submitted by David Dimmick This is the true tale of the discovery of a mummified rat under a hearthstone during a renovation project at Bridgend Railway station during the 1970’s. This discovery was made whilst I worked as a stonemason during the renovation of Bridgend railway station when the foreman and I were required to…
Demolished during the 1990s on the demise of the railway line and the diversion of the river, this bridge over the railway and the Garw river was opened on the 7th of June in 1901 and became a prominent feature in the Garw Valley. The ironwork for the bridge was made at Swindon and transported…
(Kindly provided by David J.K.Jones of Porthcawl who is the Great Grand Nephew of Peter Coleman). Peter Coleman was born on 23 May 1837, in Shoreditch in London. He married Jane Mathews in July, 1863 in Newport, Monmouthshire. Jane was born in 1843 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan.