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Gwaelod-Y-Garth maps
Historic maps of Gwaelod-Y-Garth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Gwaelod-Y-Garth maps
Gwaelod-Y-Garth photos
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Taffs Well| Tongwynlais| Radyr| Church Village| Rhiwbina| Caerphilly| St Fagans| Groesfaen| Abertridwr| Llandaff| Llantrisant| Bedwas| Miskin| Pontypridd| Llanbradach| Talbot Green| Cardiff| Pontyclun| St Nicholas| Machen| Porth| Ynyshir
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Groeswen Village
Although I was born in Merthyr Tydfil our family lived in Brynllwyfan Groeswen, we were known locally as Ball Top House. I remember the freedom my older brother Mervyn and I had in the village and surounding area. My dad Percy (Tyke) worked on the railways and Mam (Nora) worked in the Hendre school canteen. My sister Pat was the youngest of us. Our uncle and aunte (Moses and Margaret) also lived in Groeswen with my cousins, Iori, Doug,Glennis,Gwyn (squeeky) Reg, Brian and Marilyn (Lalin). We all attended Hendre junior school until we were 11. My brother then went to school in Caerphilly and my sister went to a girls school in Caerphilly and I went to school in Senghenydd. There were times we would help the local farmers Handel and Mervyn Evans collect the hay in the hot summer days. I remember seing my first calf born it was fantastic! We had a great community spirit in the village, we had a carnival once a year, we would all... Read more
Parc-Y-Felin Farm, St Fagans
My grandparents and great-uncle and aunt lived and worked at Parc-y-Felin farm in the 1930s. My mother and her sister went St Fagans school. Although the farm was demolished in the early 1960s the farm cottage still survives where my great-uncle used to live. It was a milk producing farm, the dairy was at the rear of the farm which I think was powered by a water wheel, the water was supplied by the River Ely by a water channel which my mother called the "race".
Grandparents
My Grandparents William Garside and Evelyn Bowden were married on 29th February 1896 in Cardiff and Grandad lived in Roath prior to his marriage. I imagine they may have also stood in this spot when courting, looking quite similar.
Working Life
I like this photograph because it
reminds me of when I used to travel
in to Cardiff by train from Barry where
I lived.
I worked in the National Provincial
Bank in St.Mary Street. I had some
lovely friends and times
DAVID MORGAN
The David Morgan Dept store left of picture was one of the few privately owned Dept Stores in the U.K. This store sadly closed down in 2006 and is now being refurbished and made into apartments and smaller shops.
My Great Grandfather James
My Great Grandfather James Miles died in the Infirmary, aged 40. He was a Labourer in the Cardiff Ironworks. I never knew any of my family, but when I read of where they lived, and worked and died, I feel so proud of them.
Machen Forge, Blackweir, Cardiff
My grandmother ran a pub called the Machen Forge in Blackweir and my mother has told me about when she was a young girl growing up there. The canel ran along the side of the pub. I would love to know if there are any photos of it.
