Christopher Carlyon: Pontycymmer’s unsung aviation pioneer
An interesting article from the BBC website here on Christopher Carlyon: Pontycymmer’s unsung aviation pioneer.
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…
Griffith J Griffiths: Betws twinned with Hollywood
Griffith Jenkin Griffths was born on the 4/1/1850 at Penybryn farm, Bettws to Morgan and Margaret (nee Jenkins) Griffiths. In 1866 when Griffith was 16 he left Wales and took a ship to the U.S.A., America was still suffering from the after effects of its bloody Civil War. When Griffith landed in New York he knew no one,…
Heroes and Legends: Richard Price
Here is our society member Gerald Jarvis telling the story of Ricahrd Price, an audio recording made for the Reach Heritage Website project called “Heroes and Legends.”
Heroes and Legends: Samuel Pitt
Here is our society member Jean Fowlds telling the story of Samuel Pitt, an audio recording made for the Reach Heritage Website project called “Heroes and Legends.”