Betws & Garw Heritage Exhibition
THUR 28th FRI 29th & SAT 30th I0.00-16.30 FREE ENTRY Displays include, industrial, sport, leisure, war, railway and mining. Click here for more information
Spring Newsletter 2016
Here is our Spring newsletter. It is distributed throughout the Garw Valley. You can find it in libraries, Bryngarw House and other public buildings in our local area, or you can read it and download it below.
Did you know we have a forum?
Did you know we have a forum? There are some interesting discussions going on there. Please take a look – maybe you could help answer some questions!
Honoured aged 96 – Lena Charles, from Blaengarw.
New Year Honours: Volunteer, 96, delighted with BEM Among the New Year Honours in Wales is a BEM for 96-year-old Lena Charles from Blaengarw, Bridgend. She still organises tea dances and conducts Sunday services in the local chapel. Mrs Charles was a member of Women’s Royal Voluntary Service for more than 40 years and involved…
Lest We Forget: World War I
Here is a poignant reminder of how the young boys of a hundred years ago were eager to join up, not realising the full horror of what was to happen. Ernest Watts, fined for playing football in the street as recorded on page 2, appears to have been a ‘delinquent child’. He was sent to…