Charity No. 1187117
Here you will be able to read throught the local stories that have been submitted by the public or society members.
An account in three parts by Ann M Leitch (nee Evans) Part One This account is meant as a social history, to show what life was like for a child brought up in the Garw valley in the 30s and 40s. It is a personal story and I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the names…
Story compiled by Glynis, Evan’s Grandaughter. Evan was born 6th September 1879 at Warrenhill, Briton Ferry, Neath, Glamorgan, South Wales. His mother was 18 year old Mary Jane Cullis. She was a Piler in the Iron Works. We do not know who Evan’s father was as he is not named on Evan’s Birth Certificate. Evan…
(Kindly provided by David J.K.Jones of Porthcawl who is the Great Grand Nephew of Peter Coleman). Peter Coleman was born on 23 May 1837, in Shoreditch in London. He married Jane Mathews in July, 1863 in Newport, Monmouthshire. Jane was born in 1843 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan.