Charity No. 1187117
Original article in the Glamorgan Gazette of 10/1/1908. A scene of outrage played out at the home of Mr, and Mrs Hitchings (Manager of Pontycymmer Co-operative Society) At 50. High St, Pontycymmer. Mrs Hitchings was in the house with her two year old son just after 9pm. She had just bade goodbye to a visitor,…
Born in the St Mary’s area of Brecon in 1897. He was working in Blaengarw in the Garw valley as a collier in 1914 when he enlisted in the 2nd Batt: Royal Welsh Fusiliers. After his initial training he was sent to France to support his regiment which had been badly depleted because of casualties…
Gerard’s Diary Notes from the Exhibition DAY 1 The set-up for this 3-day event went very well with the usual dedicated band of people helping out, and making it look all too easy. Giving the lie to months of work in the winter months up in the cold attic of Tabernacle Chapel. The weather was…
A serious crime in April 1915…. FOOTBALL FINES Ernest Watts (15), 57 Victoria St, Pontycymmer. David Morgan (16) Amos Wood (15), Prospect Place; Llew Harries, Mount Pleasant, (16),Rees Coles: (15) Garreg Rd; and Daniel Harris (15), Garreg Rd, were each fined two shillings and sixpence ( £10) for having played football in Prospect Place ‘ to…
Sapper Howard H. Rees (542) and his letter to his brother D. J. Rees, Pontycymmer P.O. “After a long and favourable voyage from Mudros, we arrived in Alexandria on the 18/12/1915. We laid in the harbour until 10 a.m. then went along side the quay. I was much struck by the number of ships in…