Caerphilly

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Double Diamond

Hi, my family members spent many a year in the Double Diamond and have big birthdays coming up, so I would be grateful for any photos if anyone has any. Thanks xxx

A memory of Energlyn contributed by First name Last name

Bridge Cottage

Hi, Does anyone have any photos or memories of the Bridge House/Cottage in Bedwas that was an Indian restaurant for some time. We now own it and want to try and bring it back to the very early years. Many thanks if you do.
A memory of Bedwas contributed by tina morgan

1976 in Llanbradach

I visited my gran and my aunts in Llanbradach twice in the early 1970s.

It was my first ever visit to Great Britain and I fell in love with the church. To someone accustomed to supermarkets, shopping from grocer to butcher to baker was like having an Enid Blyton book come true.

My sisters and I soon made friends with two of the girls who lived there, Susan and I forget the other girl's name. I can see their faces so clearly. They took us to a public swimming pool, to a cinema and to a fish and chip shop and especially under the train bridge so we could scream when the train passed overhead.

We forded your ...read more here
A memory of Llanbradach contributed by Catherine Walcott

LLANBRADACH PUB ON THE CORNER

My grandparents, Ben & Polly Thomas, ran the pub opposite the Miners Welfare. I was evacuated there and I can remember on Saturday night, the US Servicemen would come along with their band and play in the pub. My grandparents had a white haired terrier called "Tim". Tim would come into the bar, the bottom bar where the widows of miners were allowed in on Saturday nights. Tim would go into the middle of the bar carrying an enamel bucket with a wooden handle. He would swing the bucket around and then let it go, run and jump over the bar and race out the back. There was the bottom bar, the top bar (posh bar) and the Snug out the ...read more here
A memory of Llanbradach contributed by john rooke