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Garw Valley Heritage Society

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Memories of Sarah Jane Howell: A Welsh Heroine

PersonalitiesadminSeptember 20, 20152

The story of Sarah Jane Howell, eldest daughter of George and Jennet Howell, Abergarw Farm, Brynmenyn. Assistant Mistress at Brynmenyn Council School. Who lost her life, aged twenty one, whilst attempting to save one of her pupils from drowning on the 19th December 1911. Buy here on Amazon.

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