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Maesteg memories
Read and share memories of Maesteg and Mid Glamorgan inspired by Frith photos
School days
I went to Llwynderw Senior School. We used to spend our dinner money in town at Tuckers or in a cafe. The cafes used to do lovely steamed pies. When I came to Watford one day I was asked for an English coffee where I worked, he said it was made with water not milk. In Maesteg in the cafe we had lovely coffee.
Contributed by eira waite
Mid Glamorgan memories
School days
I went to Llwynderw Senior School. We used to spend our dinner money in town at Tuckers or in a cafe. The cafes used to do lovely steamed pies. When I came to Watford one day I was asked for an English coffee where I worked, he said it was made with water not milk. In Maesteg in the cafe we had lovely coffee.
A memory of Maesteg contributed by eira waite
Teens
My husband and I used to go dancing in Cwmdu library, it used to be packed with people and we listened to live bands.
A memory of Cwmdu contributed by eira waite
Summertime
When I was a girl we used to make dams in the river, and climb the mountain at the back of Duffryn Hotel at Coegnant colliery. It was a magic place to grow up in. Il ived in Glanafon terrace, and went to Tonna Rd School.
A memory of Caerau contributed by eira waite
Extracts From Maesteg & Mid Glamorgan books
Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port. It is also said to be the
place at which St Illtyd landed after his journey from Brittany - without the assistance of this lighthouse, of course.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".
Previously known as ‘Bowrington Street’ after Dr John Bowring, Commercial Street is still home to the
Sawyers Arms.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".
Maesteg is a town defined by its one time principal industry - coal. By the mid 1980s, most of the mines had shut, with dire consequences for the communities here. However, all that was still to come at the time when this photograph was taken. Here there is little to suggest the upheavals that would come as the people of the town go about their business. Growing trade in the town had led to the building of Talbot Street in the 1890s. The King Alfred pub, which is situated on the junction with Commercial Street, belies the fact that new leases for Talbot Street excluded public houses.
An extract from from"Wales Living Memories".