WW1 Exhibition in Llangeinor
The Garw Valley Heritage Society will be holding their fifth exhibition of 2014 in the Richard Price Centre in Llangeinor, to commemorate the start of the First World War.
Have you visited our exhibition yet?
As part of the country-wide commemmorations to mark the start of the First World War, the GVHS has arranged exhibitions of posters, photographs, artefacts and medals, including personal letters and stories of those who went from the Garw to serve in the war. Exhibitions have been held in Bettws, Bryngarw House, Braich-y-Cymer and Pontycymer, and…
World War 1 Booklet Published!
We have great pleasure in presenting our World War 1 Booklet. The booklet has been published to accompany our exhibition, on World War One in the Garw Valley which as well as containing the Roll of Honour, will give biographical details of some of the men who went, the hardships they endured, and the medals…
Exhibitions News
To mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War1 the Garw Valley Heritage Society will be holding a series of exhibitions between the end of April and the end of October. The exhibition will show posters, maps, banners, and photographs, as well as artefacts from the battlefields and letters written by Garw soldiers from…
WW1 Requests!
We are looking for household items that would have been used in the Garw Valley in the 1910s to 1920s, e.g. washing boards, tin baths or any games that would have been played by adults or children in that period. We would like to photograph items or borrow them for our exhibition in 2014. We…