Charity No. 1187117
Here you will be able to read throught the local stories that have been submitted by the public or society members.
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…
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…
Matricide – "Murder most foul" in Bridgend Road, Pontycymer Submitted by David Jones Matricide is an extremely rare occurrence and quite possibly the only ever case of it in Wales took place on Tuesday 10th September 1907 at 7 Bridgend Road, Pontycymmer. My Grandmother, Sarah "Sally" Garfield lived just three doors down at number 13…
By Keith.A.Brocklebank. BA (Hons;) A.R.P.S. Archivist for “The Garw Heritage Society” I was born on 17th of November 1938, one of ten children living in a three bedroom house in Lower Church Street. It was a bit of a squeeze but we managed as we had to then. I remember my first day at school…