Christopher Carlyon: Pontycymmer’s unsung aviation pioneer
An interesting article from the BBC website here on Christopher Carlyon: Pontycymmer’s unsung aviation pioneer.
From the archives: a more recent memory….
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…
Station Cafe and the Assirati Era in Pontycymer
Station Cafe has been a well known landmark in Pontycymer for many years and has featured in films such as “ Very Annie Mary” and television programmes such as “Fallen Hero” and “Framed” as it was a typical Italian Cafe which had not altered much over the 75 years it had been run by members…
Our First Newsletter 2013
We recently printed our first newsletter, and distributed it throughout the Garw Valley. You can find the newsletter in libraries or Bryngarw House, and other public buildings, or you can read it here.
Pontycymer to Blaengarw – On the train in 1966
Kindly submitted by By David J K Jones On the 11th September 1966 aged ten years old I “drove” a train between Pontycymmer and Blaengarw – and before school too! How can I be so certain of the date? It was the day after Muhammad Ali defeated the German Karl Mildenberger for the Heavyweight Championship…