Crumlin, Viaduct c.1955
Photo ref: C202019
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Photo ref: C202019
Photo of Crumlin, Viaduct c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Crumlin

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Crumlin

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Albert Victor Whitaker known locally as Pop was the propieter of the Empire it belonged to Headly Roberts upon who's death was left to his wife and upon her death she left it to the Catholic nuns based in Blackwood. Pop, his wife Betty along with their daughters ,Nora and Irene ran the Cinema and later Bingo for some 40 years. I am Pops granddaughter Heather, daughter of Nora and her husband Capt Harry Hatherell. ...see more
In the picture of Crumlin the Square it shows my two very good pals and myself . It brings back a lot of memories to me .
I remember helping out Bill in the Empire .I have very good memories about the cinema and spent a lot of time in the projector room . Pop Witicker used to be the owner of this cinema and I remember him very well .
I was born in Albertina road Treowen in 1940 and have some very good memories of Crumlin and Newbridge .They were good days but hard . My dad worked in The old Griagfawr pit . I left Crumlin in 1965 to work at Lucas Girling Cwmbran .I had a lot of good pals in Crumlin and will never forget them .