Glynneath
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Map of West Glamorgan
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Glynneath books (1 available)
Did You Know? Swansea - A Miscellany
Hardback
- 2 photos on Glynneath appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Glynneath
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Glynneath memories
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West Glamorgan memories
Visits to Melyn Street
Two of my father's cousins lived in Melyn Street, namely Ambrose & Dorothy (brother & sister). I visited them more than once with my family and it was always a lovely time. Ambrose would walk with us around the village and point out all the places of interest and mainly where all our relatives had lived in years gone by. Great Grandfather was a head master and so on, so many I could never remember them, thus it was always new when we went back next time. My youngest daughter was doing French & German at Uni and Ambrose tried to teach her welsh. Today I still have the book he gave her to help her learn welsh. ...read more here
A memory of Glyncorrwg contributed by Frederick THOMAS
Afan Colliery
This is the old afan colliery in full swing until the late 60's early 70's. This picture was taken from the Bwlch Road looking over Jersey Road. The lone white building is the old vicarage.
A memory of Blaengwynfi contributed by Philip Loveday
Home Base
This pic was taken from Tunnel Terrace looking over the old iron bridge coming from The Tunnel Hotel. The building closest after the slag heap is the old Police station with the Bandroom next door to it. My Grandmother and Grandfather Loveday lived in number 5 Tunnel Tce. Sadly no longer there.
A memory of Blaengwynfi contributed by Philip Loveday
I grew up here
My first recollection of living in the valley was at Duffrin where my sisters Pat and Pam Smith also lived, later we moved to the Gwynfi, and that is where I lived and was educated in the local infants school at the bottom of the hill near the river and bowing green, then to the local Secondary Modern at the top of the hill, from there to Cymmer, left there in 1953, memories for me was one of poverty and like most a true sense of pride.
Poverty even if you were in full time employment, the weekly wage just about got you through the week. Pride even on men with ashen faces who could no longer work, and came from ...read more here
A memory of Abergwynfi contributed by Kenneth Smith
Extracts From Glynneath & West Glamorgan books
A superb view of both the railway in the foreground, complete with steam engine, and the rolling hills beyond. Glyn Neath marks the head of the Vale of Neath, and from here one can head off into the spectacular Brecon Beacons National Park and other popular locations.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".
Dating from 1857, this viaduct once carried one of the busiest railways in South Wales. The line is long-since
closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".