Charity No. 1187117
Information kindly supplied by Mrs D.Stanley (neé Hayes) William James was the only son of the five children bom to Catherine and James Stennings. He was born in Wick (Glamorgan) in 1885. He worked in the mines until the outbreak of World War One. On the 4th of September 1914, when he was 28, he…
The Society would like to thank everyone who came to see us at Betws Show, despite the weather conditions! We had a fantastic response to our ‘Wonder wall’. We now have lots of names to put to faces. Anyone interested in joining the G.V.H.S. please contact us via this site.
Kindly Submitted by David Jones. John Jones was my Great, Great Grandfather. He came to the Garw Valley at it’s industrial inception in 1876. He had previously been an Iron Puddler in his birthplace of Newport, Monmouthshire. John and his wife Sarah had eleven children but most had grown up by 1876 and only five were…
The society has been asked by Robert Lapes to help trace friends and family of Dilwyn FRANCIS born in Pontycymer in 1922. We are hoping that our readers can assist. “On 22/23 March 1944 whilst on RAF Bomber Command operations, Dilwyn was killed in action along with his crew mates, my uncle J.J.Lapes was one…
Do you have any information on this carnival in Blaengarw? Can you put any names to these faces? We’d appreciate it if you would please leave a comment so we can update our archives.