Charity No. 1187117
Our readers might like to hear what one of our members, David Dimmick, said to the BBC reporter about the discovery of a Civil War cannon ball in his back garden in Oxford Street during the eighties- his full account will be told in a forthcoming newsletter. The show was “Good Evening Wales”, and you…
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….
Submitted by David JK Jones Having lived in Upper Adare Street for a few years after my birth enabled me to attend every educational establishment in Pontycymmer. From Victoria Street Nursery, to Tymeinwr School (just for a few weeks), to Bridgend Road School, to Ffaldau Juniors and finally to the old Garw Grammer School in…
My father was John James Dimmick, and he enlisted in the South Wales Borderers in 1928 for 7 years with 5 years in the Reserve. During this time he was stationed in Portsmouth, Hong Kong and India. Whilst in India he served on the North-West Frontier as a Vickers machine gunner, bring back home a…
We have just published our Spring 2013 newsletter, which will be distributed throughout the Garw Valley. You can find it in libraries, Bryngarw House and other public buildings, or you can download it here.