Pontycymer Child’s Fall

On Thursday of last week little Willie Clifford Hawkins, aged five,son of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Hawkins, Oxford St, Pontycymmer, met with serious accident. Whilst playing on the side of the hill which lies between Thornton Crescent and the Public Baths, Pantygog, the little fellow rolled down the banking and into the river, the fall…

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Garw Gleanings

The Garw Gleanings appeared in the Glamorgan Gazette for many years. They were written under the name of Lloffwr  Arall and were a mixture of news and comedy items that were regarded as being true. The names of the people in the stories were never written in the newspaper though most of the community would…

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Garw Heritage News

Now that Christmas is over we are turning our attention to the large amount of written material that has been sent to us, cataloguing according to topic or locality – not an easy job as we are finding out! Gerald is working with staff at Ffaldau Primary School to introduce some exhibition material to fit in with…

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Very Annie Mary

Did you take part in this film as an extra? Do you have any photographs of the filming, or any of the stars in it? Bring along any of these items to the showing at Blaengarw Working Men’s Hall and you could get a reduction in your entrance fee!

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