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Hengoed, Mid Glamorgan
Hengoed maps
Historic maps of Hengoed and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hengoed maps
Historic map of Hengoed
Illustrated Victorian map of Mid Glamorgan
Historic Map of any Hengoed postcode
Memories of Hengoed
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Unless the school burned down twice, it definitely happened in half term of 1980. I was on the school pitch behind my house at the time. I was well-chuffed because I had reached the top class with Mr Thomas and was allowed to use a fountain pen. Then one day - so we heard - workmen in the school dropped... [more]
Shared on 22 October 2009
I moved to Hengoed when I was 6 years old. I lived in Hawthorn Avenue when the houses were first built. The first winter there was very bad, I have not seen a winter like it since, not in Hengoed anyway. It was a close-knit community there, 24 steel houses and policeman always lived in No 24. Everybody knew everybody and... [more]
Shared on 17 February 2009
HENGOED SCHOOL INFANTS AND JUNIOR
I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF A GREAT SCHOOL WHICH SADLY WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE 1960 S I REMEMBER THE DAY WITH SADNESS; AS I WATCHED WITH MY PARENTS AS IT WAS COMPLETLY DESTROYED. HOWEVER SHORTLY AFTER A NEW SCHOOL WAS BUILT AND MY CHILDREN WHO ONLY ATTENDED THE OLD SCHOOL FOR... [more]
Shared on 12 November 2007
It's not a memory of mine but, she was my great grandmother and I am not sure of her first name although I know her surname was Powell. She was a mother to grandad, who's life so tragically ended, she died in a fire, a caravan fire, in Hengoed. I would like to know about her, and would like even to... [more]
Shared on 19 August 2007
The first time my father took me under the Hengoed viaduct I remember looking up and said to my dad that one day I would like to walk across it and wondered how long it would take us. When I got a bit older and a bit more interested in the viaduct, me and a mate got over the fence on... [more]
Shared on 06 June 2006
Mid Glamorgan memories
My nana Winnie Williams has lived in Cefn Hengoed for a very long time and is now nearly 103 years old. Her late husband was Cled Williams who was a councillor in the surrounding area who died before I was born. They had 5 children: Cled, Gwyneth, Howell (known as Robin - my dad), Sheila and Gwyneth. As I am from... [more]
Shared on 28 August 2009
The Kemp family lived in Cefn Hengoed from about 1920 to 1938, I was born there in my grand parents James and Rose Kemp’s house, No.64 Gelligaer Road in 1934.
My memories of the village start from about 1937
I remember seeing a bus go flashing by down Gelligaer Road with its interior lights on, when I questioned my Dad,... [more]
Shared on 11 April 2008
my past memories are of gilfach visits to my gran and grancha
i was 5 years old at that time , my mum would take myself and my sisters on the bus from hengoed . every week to visit gran and granch. my grandparents lived in gilfach street oposite the old fire station where we would sit in the window waiting for the engine to appear. good times.
Shared on 14 November 2007
Extracts From Hengoed & Mid Glamorgan books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Hengoed, inspired by Frith photos.
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.
This is an extract from South Wales Photographic Memories.
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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.
This is an extract from South Wales Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Porthcawl Photographic Memories
Here we see the entrance to the harbour. The wooden posts on the right are all that remains of the two original piers. The white wooden huts on the left were used by the local air-training
This is an extract from Porthcawl Photographic Memories.
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