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Pontlottyn State Cinema
I have a cinema programme for the New State Cinema at Pontlottyn for August 1964. Showing on August 3 for three days only - 'From Russia With Love'. Also showing what we used to all the little picture, that was 'Five Guns to Tombstone'. There are just one of the 9 films showing that month. It also has names of the then shops. For example, Violet Jenkins newsagents, T Paxton fruit, the Royal Stores groceries, H Owen & Son butchers, Pontlottyn Workingman's Club, and Vuaghans radio & television.
Hope what I've said has taken some people down memory lane.
Regards,
V Roach
My Family History
I know from my grandmother who has since died that the Fogg family originated from Pontlottyn but the problem I have is there are very few people who remember the mine that apparently my great grandfather worked in. If there is anyone reading this that could help me with the Fogg name in that area then it would be most appreciated.
Projectionist at Pontlottyn State Cinema
My father was born and bred in Pontlottyn, his name was David Llewellyn Morgan, known locally as Dewi. He worked for many years on the railway at Rhymney station, but I have early memories in the start of the 1960s when as a small child he used to take me with him, usually on a Saturday morning, to Pontllotyn cinema where he would show the films. I used to love to sit with him and watch him set up the rolls of film, then he would lift me up to look thro the small window to show me the film showing, it was such a thrill.
Davies Family of Ppontllotyn or Rhymney
The family name is Davies, they lived in Penygraig, Pontllotyn and Clarindon Row, Rhymney. We belive they lived near the stone works. Five of the children went to the homes at Pontypridd owing to the death of their mother. If anyone reading this has any information, it would be appriciated.
Davies Family , Pontlottyn, Rhymney
The family name is DAVIES, they lived in Penygraig, Pontlottyn and Clarendon Row, Rhymney in 1940, after the death of the mother they were taken to the Pontypridd Cottage Children's Home. Five of the children went to the home. If anyone has any information it will be appreciated.
Pontlottyn Cinema
Hi there,
I will never forget the State Cinema in Pontlottyn, up to about 1951 I used to line up about 7pm on a Saturday evening with my mother, my aunt (her sister) and my cousin for our evening's entertainment. Wow, on the front of the building I recall the sign "Palace of Varieties". The kids in Pontlottyn School used to joke that the varieties were the rats, mice and fleas that inhabited the premises.
My life visiting that cinema twice a week made me live my own personal life thinking of those stars in Hollywood who transported me to a diffent world.
I will never forget that Cinema which no longer exists, but I give thanks to those persons of long ago which made it possible to view life in the United States, the UK and other places in the World from the State Cinema, Pontlottyn.
Sodom
My Nan Katherine Walters used to live in Sodom with her children Aunty Violet, Billy (my dad) and Aunty Betty. My Grandad Thomas Walters was killed in the Pit at a young age and she was left to bring up the children on her own. I Tanya Walters was born in 1951, we used to live in King Street, Pontlottyn and I remember walking from Pontlottyn past the cinder tip to my Nan's in Sodom. The cinder tip used to scare me because my older sister Carol told me that there was a village buried under there and sometimes if you listened carefully you could here a bell ringing. Lots of children used to play around the cinder tip, we used to build shops and things with all the rubbish we found. Sometimes I used to call into Aunty Joanna's and Uncle Emrys who lived on Crofts Row. I wonder if anyone reading this can remember anything about Sodom?
