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Aberaman memories
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aberaman flower show
My Grandfather used to be a judge at the Aberaman flower show and others in the area. He also won many shows himself with vegatables and flowers. I have some photographs
Contributed by Jean Johnson
Aberaman
Having been born and reared in Aberaman, I spent many hours in the playing fields, even before it was named King George's field. Locally it is known as the hayfield, and even now is a source of pleasure for football and dog walkers. Sadly though, often the childrens playing area has been vandalised and it is no longer safe to 'camp' there overnight, as we once did, with a bottle of water and jam sandwiches!
In the picture given on the site, a car can be seen, driving down what was and still is, Tonllwydd. Walking up up this path is lovely, it takes you to ' the line' an old railway track, which once carried coal to and from the ...read more here
Contributed by Dorothy Charles
Mid Glamorgan memories
Aberaman
Having been born and reared in Aberaman, I spent many hours in the playing fields, even before it was named King George's field. Locally it is known as the hayfield, and even now is a source of pleasure for football and dog walkers. Sadly though, often the childrens playing area has been vandalised and it is no longer safe to 'camp' there overnight, as we once did, with a bottle of water and jam sandwiches!
In the picture given on the site, a car can be seen, driving down what was and still is, Tonllwydd. Walking up up this path is lovely, it takes you to ' the line' an old railway track, which once carried coal to and from the ...read more here
A memory of Aberaman contributed by Dorothy Charles
aberaman flower show
My Grandfather used to be a judge at the Aberaman flower show and others in the area. He also won many shows himself with vegatables and flowers. I have some photographs
A memory of Aberaman contributed by Jean Johnson
Extracts From Aberaman & Mid Glamorgan books
There is a substantial garage here with two pumps
(right), although at this time there were usually only one
or two car owners in each street, and not surprisingly
few cars are shown. A café and tobacconist are situated
next to the impressive-looking chapel. There was a
Co-op branch in this street, and Mainwaring`s (extreme
left) was an important store here.
An extract from from"Heads of the Valleys Photographic Memories".
This town developed
around the ironworks,
which were founded by
Crawshay Bailey in 1846.
The population of six
thousand at the beginning
of the 20th century had all
the variety of shops
necessary for a thriving
independent community.
Today there is an open
space where once stood
the impressive Public Hall
and Institute (right).
An extract from from"Heads of the Valleys Photographic Memories".
This Anglican church was
built at a cost of £3,000 in
the early 1860s. Sir George
Elliott, who funded most
of the cost, held a
sumptuous banquet to
mark its opening. Its
attractive Victorian design
provided plenty of room
for the growing
congregation of a
developing town.
An extract from from"Heads of the Valleys Photographic Memories".