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Catalogue of Archives (other than photographs) currently held.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Note: This is an ongoing project and this list will inevitably increase<\/h4>\n

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1. Books<\/h4>\n

– Advertising Huwood Products (Undated)
\n– Annual Conference Agenda 1981-82 NUM
\n– Annual Conference Agenda 1975-76 NUM
\n– Back to the Land (2000) \u2013 Pictures by Young People of the Garw
\n– Blackmill \u2013 A Postcard History
\n– British Regional Geology 1948
\n– British Coal Mining Explosives \u2013 Jones Taylor, P.F.Gay 1938
\n– Church Records \u2013 English Congregational Church Pontycymer.\u00a0Membership details from 1898 to 1962 (presented by Mrs Craider)
\n– Church accounts for above from 1952 to 1964
\n– Coal and the Coalfields of Wales by F.J.North 1926
\n– Coal Dust Research Committee 1940
\n– Coal Dust Research Committee (9th Report) 1943
\n-Coal Mining: Report of the Technical Advisory Committee 1945
\n– Coal Mines Act 1911
\n– Cym Garw \u2013 A collection of records from the last century \u2013 including the Collection receipts for the Noddfa Chapel; the story of the Rev John T. Griffiths and Cefn Gelli Farm; programmes for the Cor Cym Garw and much more.
\n– Explosives \u2013 Safe Storage and Conveyancing by Road \u2013 ICI 1966
\n– Explosion at Cambrian Colliery- HMSO 1965
\n– Face Support in Steel and Light Metal \u2013 De Fritz Spruth 1951
\n– Fuel : Solid, Liquid & Gaseous by J.S.Brame 1942
\n– Gases, Heat and Dust in Mines \u2013 K.Neville Moss 1927
\n– Geology of the South Wales Coalfield Part VI 1904
\n– Handbook of Track Laying for underground haulages 1953
\n– Handbook on Shotfiring in Coal Mines \u2013 NCB 1952
\n– Handbook of Electric Arc Welding- NCB 1958
\n– Haulage and Winding \u2013 Granville Parker 1935
\n– High Explosives and Propellants \u2013 S.Fordham 1966
\n– Home Office Report about the Lluest Colliery Explosion to the House of Commons \u2013 dated October 1899
\n— Garw Valley and its Collieries (presented by Mr E.J. Morgan)
\n– Guide to Health and Safety in Mines 1958
\n– Land Reclamation Report for Lluest Colliery site (A4 file)
\n– Land \u2013 Photographs by children from the Garw (1991)
\n– List of members of the Geological Society of London for the years 1949,1952 and 1983
\n– List of Standard Seam naming and equivalent Local Seam 1956
\n– Man Riding Underground by Rope and Locomotive 1954
\n– Mechanical Stokers for Shell Boilers 1952
\n– Memoirs of the Blue Bell Choir by Will Roberts (Conductor)
\n– Mine Atmosphere \u2013 W.Payman 1930
\n– Mining Explosives \u2013 R.McAdams & R.Westminster 1958
\n– Mine Gases and Gas Testing 1919
\n– Mining Law and the Deputy \u2013 NCB 1960
\n– Ogmore Valley and its Collieries (presented by Mr E.J.Morgan)
\n– Official Guide to the Ogmore & Garw Urban District circa 1951
\n– Official Lluest Colliery Explosion Report (1899)
\n– Organ Design Specifications & Quotes for English Congregational Church dated 1906.
\n– Pioneers of the Welsh Coalfield \u2013 Elizabeth Philps 1925
\n– Practical Coal Mining \u2013 Boulton \u2013 Volumes 1 \u2013 6
\n– Proceedings S.Wales Institute of Engineers 1955
\n– Process Equipment Design \u2013 Herse & Rushton 1964
\n– Port Talbot Railway by S.Richards (Donated by P.Broadbent)
\n– Practical Shot Firing Training Manual No 6 – 1951
\n– Reminiscences of Life in the Garw Valley by Wyn Price and Rod Jones(1988)
\n– Rent Cards for 31 Heol Llangeinor for 1940 & 1954 (Maurice Gould)
\n– 32nd Report on Safety in Mines 1953
\n— Report of Coal Augers USA 1953
\n– Royal Commission on the Coal Industry 1925
\n– Safety Handbook for Mobile Cranes \u2013 NUM 1967
\n– Safety and Health in Mines \u2013 NUM 1950
\n– Safety in Mines Research Board 11th Annual Report 1932
\n– Safety in Mines Research Board Paper 61 (The support of underground Workings in the Coalface in the North of England) 1930
\n– Site Investigation Report for reclaiming the Lluest Colliery site (BCBC 2002)
\n– Schedule of (Coal) Prices for the Garw Valley District by Alderman John Thomas (dated October 1902)
\n– Shot Firing in Mines 1952
\n– South Wales Coalfield 1946
\n– South Wales Miners \u2013 R.Page Arnott 1967
\n– Steel Supports in Mines Updated
\n– Stemming Materials No 84 by J.Britson 1934
\n– Surface Air Compressors (Reciprocating type) 1955
\n– Text Book of Geology \u2013 Philip Lake 1919
\n– The control of Dust in Mines 1959
\n– The Installation and Moving over of a Face Belt Conveyor 1952
\n– The Miners \u2013 A History of the Miner;s Federation in GB 1889-1910 by R.Page Arnott dated 1949
\n– The Miners \u2013 R.Page Arnott 1953
\n– The Miners in Crisis and War \u2013 R.Page Arnott 1960
\n– The Miner\u2019s Ready Reckoner (Belonged to Garibaldi Davies who worked at the Ocean Colliery, and was killed in WW1.) Presented by John Davies.
\n– The Operation of Longwall Cutting Machines Training Manual 1954
\n– The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 1955
\n– The Ropeman\u2019s Handbook (thought to be 1952)
\n– The Support of the Roof at the Coal Face Training Manual 1953
\n– The Support of the Roof in the Roadway 1954
\n– The Vale of Neath Railway by S.Richards (Donated by the late P.Broadbent)
\n– Time Measurement Part 1, F.A.B.Ward 1936
\n– Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR (Tondu and the three valleys Branches) Section 49A by R.A.Cooke (Donated by the late P.Broadbent)
\n– Transactions: Institute of Mining Engineers Sept 1951
\n– The Young Valley \u2013 A History of the Church in the Garw Valley by Rev M.M.Davies. This also gives an insight in to Richard Price\u2019s origins. (Kindly donated by Mr Neil Sutton).
\n– Vertical Shaft Sinking \u2013 E.O. Forster Brown 1927
\n– Welsh Valleys \u2013 Maesteg & Tondu Lines. Details of all the local stations and railways in the Garw, Llynfi and Ogmore Valleys. Published by Middleton press in Oct 2011. (Kindly donated by Middleton Press).<\/p>\n

2. Census Returns<\/strong><\/h4>\n

-1891 Census returns for Blaengarw (A3 copies) & Analysis of \u00a0inhabitants of Nos 1-21 Gwendoline Street
\n-1891 returns for Llangeinor (A3 copies) & analysis
\n-1891 Census returns for Bettws (A3 copies) & analysis
\n-1901 Census returns for Bettws
\n-1901 Census returns for Llangeinor
\n-1901 Census Returns for Meadow Street Pontycymer
\n-1901 Census Return for Blaengarw showing the Carpenter family living at \u00a016 Marian Street Blaengarw.
\n-1911 Census Return showing the whole Carpenter family living at 16 Marian Street. (See Letters item below relating to Joseph E.Carpenter as a POW in Germany in 1944).<\/p>\n

3. CDs<\/h4>\n

– Heritage Railway development pictures on CD (Brian Shears)
\n– Peter Blacklaw\u2019s 3 songs recorded for the Garw Grammar School Reunion in Nov 1993. (I married a Garw Girl; Grandfather\u2019s Lamp and I don\u2019t want to be young again).
\n– Major Ben Duggan\u2019s Memories of a child growing up in the Garw Valley recorded in 1984. (Kindly donated by Mr David Jordan).<\/p>\n

4. DVDs \/ Videos<\/h4>\n

– An aerial tour of the Garw valley taken from a Helicopter
\n– Copies of Maps & Documents and Photos Incl Garw Collieries, Llangeinor Parish Records
\n-New Train delivery on 8\/6\/09 for the Garw Valley Railway Company.
\n-The \u201cGarw Guru\u201d charter train run up the valley \u2013 the last passenger train, on 5 April 1997.
\n-The Last Coal train to leave the valley dated 6 March 1997.
\n– Copies of all current pictures shown on the photographic archive index on separate DVDs<\/p>\n

5. Letters<\/h4>\n

– Copies of letters from the NCB Chairman (Ian Macgregor) dated June, July and August 1984 to members of the NUM.
\n– 2 Envelopes for Original Letters (without the contents) sent to Welsh Guardsman Joseph E.Carpenter, a POW in Stalag 344. One original letter from Miss G. Allen to the same POW sent from Bridgend Hospital. Dated 1944. They are of interest because they are marked with the label of the Official Censor, and Miss Allen\u2019s letter is written on the specific cover provided for sending letters to POWs and shows Carpenter\u2019s Prisoner of War number.
\n– An original letter sent to the MP E.J.Williams from Duncan Sandys (Minister of Defence) concerning POW Joseph Carpenter\u2019s incarceration in Stalag VIII.b dated 16 June 1942. This alludes to the difficulties being experienced in Germany of getting Red Cross Parcels to Prisoners of War. The letter refers to a request from Mr E.Carpenter (Joseph\u2019s Father) who lived at 7, Queen Street, Blaengarw for information regarding his son.. (See also Newspaper cutting listed below).
\n– An original Airletter sent to Trevor Llewellyn of 32 Herbert St Blaengarw from E.I Llewellyn in Bahrein. The date is not known, but the stamp indicates a 3 Anna Indian Postal Service stamp showing King George VI and is over printed BAHREIN. The contents describe a parade of Arabs celebrating some particular event or religious ceremony involving sword beating and flagellation. It is a remarkable account but, unfortunately, the letter is only pages 4,5 & 6 of a larger letter.<\/p>\n

6. Maps<\/h4>\n

– Banborough Main Colliery South Yorks 1943 (incl Photos)
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Manvers Main Colliery\u00a0 South Yorks 1945\u00ad(Incl Photos)\u00ad
\n\u00ad\u00ad-The Garw Valley (3 Tiff files on CD)
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Explosion at Louisa (inc Morrison Old) Colliery Durham Aug 1947
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Explosion at Gresford Colliery\u00a0 Report 1934-37
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Explosion at Barnsley Main Colliery Report 1947
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Explosion at Ingham Colliery Thornhill, Yorks, 1947
\n\u00ad\u00ad-1891 Map extracts showing Bettws (A3 copies)
\n\u00ad\u00ad-1891 Map extracts showing Llangeinor (A3 copies)
\n\u00ad\u00ad-1891 Map extracts showing Blaengarw (A3 copies)
\n\u00ad-Large Scale maps of the area (A0 size) dated from 1940
\n-Old Plans of Blaengarw from the 1800s showing outline plans of holdings by \u00ad\u00adthe Dunraven Estate
\n\u00ad-Whitehaven \u201c William\u201d Colliery,Cumberland \u2013 Aug 1947<\/p>\n

7. Newspaper Cuttings<\/h4>\n

\u00ad\u00ad-Copy of the Glamorgan Gazette article, dated 18 Feb 1898, which describes \u00ad\u00adthe opening of the Port Talbot branch of the Llynfi Railway from Pont-yr-hyl to \u00ad\u00adPort Talbot.
\n\u00ad\u00ad-Copy of the South Wales Gazette dated 23 June 1990, in the series called \u201c\u00ad\u00adValleys Picture Past\u201d\u00a0 (Although there is no reference to the Garw Valley).
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Copy of \u201cHeroes of Coal\u201d\u00a0 South Wales Echo supplement dated March \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad1995.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Copy of the pages from the Glamorgan Gazette, showing Huw Edwards \u00ad\u00ad\u00adopening the Calon Lan Park in Blaengarw. (1st<\/sup> May 2008)
\n\u00ad\u00ad- 2 \u00a0off A4 Volumes of cuttings from local papers mainly \u201cValley Notes\u201d articles \u00ad\u00adand pictures.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Copy of the Western Mail Special Edition dated 25 April 1989 \u2013 showing \u00ad\u00ad\u201cSouth Wales Yesterday\u201d
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Copies of Glamorgan Gazette cuttings from 1950 to 1964, describing \u00a0\u00ad\u00ad\u00advarious events concerning the Garw, Porthcawl and Llynfi railways. \u00a0A \u00ad\u00ad\u00adfascinating account of their openings, closures, and sundry notable stories. \u00ad\u00ad(Donated by the late P.Broadbent).
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Cutting from the Glamorgan Gazette (thought to be dated June 1942) \u00ad\u00ad\u00adrelating to Joseph Carpenter\u2019s letter to his parents (who lived at 7 Queen \u00ad\u00ad\u00adStreet, Blaengarw) regarding the problem of not receiving Red Cross Parcels \u00ad\u00adin his Prisoner of War camp.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Cutting from (presumably) the Glamorgan Gazette, undated, recalling the \u00ad\u00adlife and passing of Tom Williams of Blaengarw \u2013 a renowned singer \u2013 plus his \u00ad\u00admedal \u00adfrom the 1911-12 Eisteddford. (N.Sutton)
\n\u00ad\u00ad-Cutting from the Western Mail dated 9 Dec 1985 on the closure of the \u00ad\u00ad\u00adInternational Colliery, Blaengarw.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Transcript of an article from the Western Mail in Oct 1991 recalling Major \u00ad\u00adBen Duggan of Bettws and Pontyrhyl (29 Sept 1908 \u2013 25 Oct 1991).
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Cutting describing Mrs Jessie Wile\u2019s 100th<\/sup> Birthday
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Letter (original) from Wm Watkins to the Headmaster Garw Grammar \u00ad\u00ad\u00adSchool dated 1956, and sent from British Guyana.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Cutting showing the Carn Rovers AFC 1933-34 Winners of the \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00adT.Farquerson Cup.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Copy letter from W.C.Aston\u2019s of Oxford Street, Pontycymer, dated 3 Sept \u00ad\u00ad1929, as a reference for Hetty James.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Copy of a poster advertising the First Annual Drama Competition Oct 1939.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Copy of a poster publicising the New Mutuality Club of the Pontycymer \u00ad\u00ad\u00adIndustrial Co-Operative Society in Oxford Street.<\/p>\n

8. Other Paper Records and Certificates<\/h4>\n

– British Nylon Spinners Magazine Vol III No 2 1954\u00ad\u00ad<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Certificate of Appreciation for Doris John from the inhabitants of the Garw \u00ad\u00adValley Committee regarding her service in WW2.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve for Private Melwyn Thos. Williams \u00ad\u00adRASC, dated 31 March 1946 (N.Sutton)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Ffaldau Colliery Social Fund \u2013 Notification of 4th<\/sup> Annual Dinner 17 Oct 1964<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Four Figure Tables of Constants<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- The Garw Valley Medical Aid Society (A history)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Garw Secondary Grammar School \u2013 Unveiling and Dedication of the \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad Memorial Tablet \u2013 Service Book. Dated 29 March 1950 \u00a0(N.Sutton)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Garw Valley Ratepayers Assoc. Poster for Beryl Williams\u2019 re-election as \u00ad\u00ad\u00adCouncillor. Dated 4 May 1972.plus cutting from the local paper describing the \u00ad\u00adeffects of her election in beating the incumbent Labour Councillor.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Garw Ocean Benevolent Fund \u2013 Letter of assignment of monies to Mrs \u00ad\u00ad\u00adWinifred Morgan of Porthcawl from Alfred Bowden of Oxford Street \u00ad\u00ad\u00adPontycymer. (N.Sutton)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Guide to Accident Site Observers 1958<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Honours Certificate for the Oral Examination for Children under 10 for \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00a0\u00a0 Ceinwen Harding from the English Baptist Sunday School Union \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00a0\u00a0 Pontycymer Zion Chapel \u2013 dated 8 April 1910.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Llangeinor Swimming Baths Opening\u00a0 \u2013 Invitation to Cllr Mrs Hamilton \u00ad\u00ad\u00adWilliams. 10 May 1969 (N.Sutton)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Maintenance of Intrinsically Safe Apparatus 1952<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Mining Educator Magazine 1925<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- NEBO, Blaengarw \u2013 Memorial Service to J.Camwy Evans March \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad1948\u00ad(N.Sutton)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad – NUPE \u2013 Mid Glam Water Board branch Presentation Dinner Toast List for \u00ad\u00adMr G.E Sutton, dated 4 March 1955<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Official Opening of the Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine (Australia) 1958<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad-Pitmans Electrical Educator Magazine 1926<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Report on HM Mines Inspectorate 1955<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Report No 16 on Coal Dust 1945<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Royal Charter of Incorporation ByeLaws and Regulations for the South \u00ad\u00ad\u00adWales Institute of Engineers 1952<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Selection of booking letters and suppliers\u2019 invoices for Fire Service Dinners \u00ad\u00adat the Squirrel Hotel Pontycymer, and the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Bridgend \u00ad\u00adbetween 1960 and 1964 (N.Sutton). Particularly interesting in view of the \u00ad\u00ad\u00adcharges at the time.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Selection of Miner\u2019s weekly Pay checks \u2013 Day Wageman\u2019s Tickets \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad(presented by Mr P.John)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Selection\u00a0 of Large Sketchbooks of Coursework for Mining & Mineralology \u00ad\u00ad(Beautiful drawings)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Suppression of Dust by system of water infusion in coal seams 1943<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- The Consolidisation of of Floor Dust on Mine Roadways 1951<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- The Garw Washery 1950 (Pamphlet with pictures)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- The Miner Magazines for Mar\/Apr 1956 and July\/Aug 1954<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- The Mining Engineer Magazine 1968<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Tynyrheol Primary School \u2013 Order of Service in memory of Mrs Beryl \u00ad\u00ad\u00adWilliams. Dated 16 July 1992 (N.Sutton)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- Water Supplies for Firefighting , Dust Suppression and Machine Cooling at \u00ad\u00adCollieries<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad- List of papers from Jack\u2019s Cafe in Pontycymer (On permanent Loan \u00ad\u00adfrom Creation Development).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adBox of Tobacco Stamps for early 1958<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adCarreras Ltd Bonus for 2 Dec 1947. For Guiseppe Assirati.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adHandwritten Notice from the Ffaldau & Garw Lodges advising on how to claim \u00ad\u00ad\u00adconcessional coal dated Jan 1972.\u00ad\u00ad<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adCrypto Limited Sales card for servicing Food Preparation Machinery<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adFlyer for \u201cSteamed Pork Pies\u201d (Play)<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adFuneral Card for Giovanni Minetti posted from Bari in Italy Dec 1968<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adFfaldau Council Boys School Report for Jack Assirati for Easter Term 1934.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adGarw Valley Official Guide 1994<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adGarw Secondary School Report for Christmas Term 1943 for J.Assirati.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adGlamorgan County Council Garw Secondary School Admission letter and list of fees \u00ad\u00adfor schooling, for Jack Assirati dated 17 June 1937.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adGlamorgan County Council Milk Sale Licence dated 30 April 1964.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adGlamorgan Gazette article on Community News.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adHistory of Tondu House 1650 \u2013 1963 by Gwilym J.Rees<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adIncome Tax Relief Notification for Mr G. Assuarti dated 2 Jan 1940<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adImperial Tobacco Co Ltd Bonus Certificates for 1936,1937,1938 and 1939<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adJack Assirati\u2019s Science Homework Exercise Book dated 10 May 1943<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adJack Assirati\u2019s Term School Reports for 1937,1938 and 1943.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adJack Assirati\u2019s latin Exercise Book for 1962 for the Secondary School.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adLady\u2019s NHS Pensions Insurance Card for 1945 \/ 46 for L.G.Assirati and one for \u00ad\u00ad\u00adE.Assirati for 1944 \/ 45.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adMaintenance Service record for Cafe equipment dated 6 April 1952.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adMaths Homework sheet dated 1937<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adMinistry of Labour Permit under the Aliens Order 1920, dated 18 Oct 1947, for Luiga \u00ad\u00adAssirati and her arrival in Dover stamp on 14 Jan 1948.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adMotor Fuel Ration\u00a0 Book with coupons \u2013 date unreadable<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adNotice card advertising a Cavalcade of Sport on Film at Pontycymer Cinema in aid of \u00ad\u00adthe 33 Boys Club.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adNotice of the Dedication of the new War Memorial in Victoria Street dated 14 May \u00ad\u00ad1989.\u00ad\u00ad<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adOgmore and Garw Food Control Committee Licence for Retail of Foodstuffs 1948<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adOgmore and Garw Urban District Council licence for Milk Distribution<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adOgwr District Council Ice Cream Analysis report dated 24 May 1950<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adPontycymer Co-Op Society Member\u2019s Purchase Book\u00ad<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adProgramme for the Cor Meibion Cym Garw and Mid Rhondda Silver Band concert \u00ad\u00adgiven at the Garw Valley Centre on 19 September 1992.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adReceipt from William Sumner Pontycymer for a Paxette Camera for \u00a324.16.2d \u00ad\u00ad\u00addated 22 Aug 1953.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adRupert Pugh Family Butcher Oxford Street Pontycymer \u2013 Blank Order form<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adSchool Report Card for Mary Assirati dated Xmas Term 1934<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adSchool Application Form for Jack Assirati for the Ffaldau Secondary School \u00ad\u00ad\u00addated 23 June 1937<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adSinger Sewing Machine Company Instruction booklet for Model 15K80<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adThird Prize award to Jack Assirati from the Ogmore & Garw Hunt for his Working \u00ad\u00ad\u00adTerrier \u2013 dated 28 June 1969.\u00ad<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adTravel Identity Card for Mr Alexander Hamilton\u00a0 for travel between Great Britain and \u00ad\u00adIreland. Date unreadable but thought to be 1932.\u00ad<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adWelsh Central Board School Certificates for Jack Assirati dated July 1943 & 1944.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adWestern Mail Supplement, dated 5 June 2004, as a souvenir of the D Day \u00ad\u00ad\u00adLandings in France.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adW & T Avery Ltd order for Automatic Scales\u00a0 priced \u00a327.0.0d dated 6 Nov 1950.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adList of papers kindly donated by Cllr R.Jenkins (copies):<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adLetter from Mr Peter John concerning the military awards to Sgt Morgan Wile<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adMarriage Cert for Cllr Jenkins\u2019 parents.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adList of fatal accidents in the pits of Glamorgan.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adPictures of the Wiles family.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adPicture of the Coronation Party at Ffaldau Junior School<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adPicture of R.Jenkins aged 4 or 5-<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adCopies of Y Garw (Garw Grammar School) Magazine<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00ad1951, 1955 and the Jubilee Issue 1909 \u2013 1959.<\/p>\n

\u00ad\u00adIncl:- Associations with the Woodwork Room, School Memories of the early \u00ad\u00adThirties (by Jennet Bevan ne\u00e9 Davies) and a speech by Sir Daniel Davies,
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Garw Valley Community Council brochure celebrating a Millenium of Sporting \u00ad\u00ad\u00adAchievement, Dec 2000.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Original Call up Papers for John Reginald Jenkins.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Original Medical Grading card for Percival Chas Jenkins of 91 Oxford Street.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Zion English Baptist Church Pontycymer \u2013 Final Service sheet July 1996.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Description of the Garw Valley Doctors\u2019 Practice.<\/p>\n

9. Plans<\/h4>\n

– Old plan of Blaengarw from the 1800\u2019s showing outline plans of holdings by \u00ad\u00adthe Dunraven Estate.
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Indenture (Original) relating to the lease of land from Blaengarw Farm for \u00ad\u00ad\u00a0\u00a0 the construction of the\u00a0 Blaengarw Workman\u2019s Hall dated 1\/12\/1917.<\/p>\n

10. School Records<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Further Selection of School records from the ex-Garw Grammar School
\n\u00ad\u00adAll Fire and smoke damaged. These will be renovated and the more \u00ad\u00ad\u00adinteresting (and readable) components copied to the archives.<\/strong>
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Exercise Book on Analytical Geometry of Jack Assirati (Dated Sept 1943)
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Exercise Book on Mathematics of Dillwyn Harris (dated Oct 1938)
\n\u00ad\u00ad- Mid Glamorgan Education Authority \u2013 School Regulations & Information \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00a0 Handbook (Jan 1980)<\/p>\n

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