Llantwit Major
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The Town Hall Steps
When I was very young I can remember that my mother used to let me run up and down the town hall steps.
Contributed by Ceri Bosley
South Glamorgan memories
The Town Hall Steps
When I was very young I can remember that my mother used to let me run up and down the town hall steps.
A memory of Llantwit Major contributed by Ceri Bosley
War-time
My Grandfather, Clifford Taylor, was a Civil Servant at RAF St. Athan during the Second World War. He could not join the Forces at all because he had club feet and was rejected at his Call Up Board. He used to be involved with giving out the uniforms, as well as other duties, which obviously changed when Peace broke out in 1945. Grampy had a fantastic sense of humour and would sometimes be allowed to bring one or two of the Airmen home to his wife and baby girl (my Mum) to have a meal. He stayed at the Base until his untimely death at 50 in January 1964, meaning that I never met him.
A memory of St Athan contributed by Caroline Scott
Hammett's Farm.
This building was known to us as Hammett's Farm, properly West Orchard Farm, in the Higher End area of St Athan. Arthur Hammett and his wife ran the farm and I occasionally helped to deliver milk from the farm around the village from a horse and cart. Arthur, who lived to the great age of 92, and continued farming to the last, would bottle his own milk in a tiny parlour. He was a lovely chap and always gave us a mangold to make a lantern for Halowe'en night. The farmhouse is alongside the old main road from Barry to Llantwit Major before the huge RAF Station at St Athan was further enlarged and another road had ...read more here
A memory of St Athan contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Extracts From Llantwit Major & South 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".
Beyond the happy
holidaymakers the
distinctively striped rock
face, vividly illustrated here,
is a signature feature of the
cliff face between Barry and Penarth.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
How sad – this is the end of our photographic journey around this part of the Vale of Glamorgan. Built for Peter Birt in the 1770s to a design by Robert Adam, this grand residence was for many years renowned for its beautiful interiors, their opulence virtually unparalleled in South Wales. From its pink and green dining room, a 19th-century visitor could wander throughout the castle enthralled by its vast and remarkable collection of stuffed animals on display.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Initially commissioned to honour those of the parish who fell in the First World War, the simple Celtic cross of the war memorial was to be sadly amended in the aftermath of the Second World War with the loss of four local men. Corporal Cyril Channon died as a Japanese POW, Gunner Alec Collins was lost at sea with Captain John Duncan, and Lieutenant Rhys Thomas was killed in action.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Seemingly indifferent to its position beside the busy thoroughfare connecting Cardiff and Cowbridge, Church Hall House (pictured) stands testament to a romanticised Victorian vision of a pre-industrial Britain. Built in 1898 in a William Morris-inspired Arts and Crafts style, the house boasts a distinctive stone, brick and render façade topped by terracotta tiles and an exaggerated turret.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".