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Hopkinstown maps
Historic maps of Hopkinstown and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hopkinstown maps
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Hopkinstown area books
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Dyfed memories
Ammanford Park
Going to Ammanford Park was a rare treat even though we only lived 3 miles away in Capel Hendre. It was a beautifully manicured park with a great bandstand which was used more for children to play in, than the Ammanford Silver Band! It had a good tennis court and I remember the summer of 1969 when we played tennis in the hot summer sun - or is that just a rose-tinted memory? The park was covered over by the Eisteddfod in 1970, the summer my mother - Nurse Gwenda Edwards - and I, acted in a play called Glò mân.
My Great Granddad And Grandmother
Hello to all.
I am looking into my family history.
I know my grandfather, William John Palmer, was born at Garnant on 27 October 1904, his parents are listed as Hannah Palmer, formerly Thomas, and James Palmer, Engine Driver in Colliery. They resided at Garnand Hill, Garnant.
Could anyone give me any other information about them?
If anyone there is related to me or knows my family line I would love to hear from you. Or photos of the time.
I was adopted when my mother died so this is a long road for me to travel.
Many thanks.
Ann
My Mothers Birthplace - Olice Nora Dick
My mother's family grew up in Garnant, Dyfed.... sister Gwen, brother Victor. I would like to try and trace my relatives and any help would be appreciated. My mother used to tell about the coal tips, a family motorcycle shop and generally growing up in the 1920s but apart from that I have little information. You never know, someone might have even the smallest bit of news which would help me trace relatives. Thanking you all in anticapation. David Pepper, Portsmouth, UK
Tracing Any Descendents of Sarah And David Davies
I've just recently started to build my family tree and my family on my maternal side comes from Garnant, South Wales. My mother's name was Olive Nora Dicks, she was born in Garnant in 1924, she had one sister and one brother, their names were Sarah Mona and David Victor. Her mother's family name was Davies and her parents were David and Sarah Davies. David Davies was a shopkeeper and is listed in the Kelly's directory of South Wales in 1910. My mother's mother's name was Dinah R Davies (I believe she was known as Rosie/Rose) she was born circa. 1894 and she had several brothers and sisters, two of whom I know were called Luther Victor and Handel. Handel lived in Garnant as an adult and I believe he had a motorbike shop he also took part in the TT races. He had a least one daughter called Mary Doreen (known as Molly), she was a despatch rider in the Second World War and sadly died when she was... Read more
Evacuation
I was evacuated from London in 1939 with my primary school, first to Folkestone Kent, then to Tredegar, Monthmouthshire. After passing the 11+ exam in 1941 sent to Garnant to grammar school, called Addey & Stanhope, which had also been evacuated to Garnant. It shared premises with three other local schools and one in Ammanford. I was billeted with Miss Williams in Cwymamman Road near the railway bridge. She gave piano lessons to children at weekends. I stayed with her until 1944. I had to go to chapel twice on Sundays, and the services were all in Welsh that I did not understand. I used to play on the big slag heap behind the main road, fish in the river and pick whinberries on the gorse hills. There was a small fish and chip shop and a cinema where I went on Saturday morning matinees to watch cowboy films and serials like The Perils of Pauline. I expect Garnant has all changed now. with the closing of... Read more
Llandybie Before And After The Bypass
This photo shows the by-pass (Heol Gwilym) after its construction around 1962. Prior to by-pass construction, the A483 went through the village. The by-pass effectively neutered the village and thereafter its character deteriorated as a result. Coming before the demolition of the Plas, Llandybie's oldest building, The Corner House, Old Red Cow Waunllan, Cawdor Stores, the village lost much of its character. The closure of Pencae colliery in 1958 ushered in an era of opencast mining which decimated the surrounding fields and farms particularly Piode Fawr, Caergroes along with the hamlets of Blaenau, Saron, Caerbryn.
Llandybie as A Child
I was born in Llandybie in 1945 at number 9 Woodfield Road. My mother and father were Bronwen and Harold Owen and I have two sisters and one brother. The only neighbours names I can recall are Mr and Mrs Tudge(?) although I don't remember them.
My father was a miner in the Pencae pit as was my grandfather Tom Owen of Pentregwenlais.
Across the road from the house was the playing fields and the river where apparently I spent quite a lot of time trying to catch tiddlers. The Miner's Hall is where we would go to watch films on Saturday mornings and beyond that the bowling green where my Uncle Eirwin would play. The rugby pitch was also located close to the Hall and that was my favourite place, watching the games. At the corner of the main road and Woodfield road was a farm which I think was owned by the Lloyd family whose daughter I used to play with.
My other grandparents lived in Blaenau, Tim... Read more
