Llanelli, Dyfed
Llanelli maps
Historic maps of Llanelli and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Llanelli maps
Historic map of Llanelli
Illustrated Victorian map of Dyfed
Historic Map of any Llanelli postcode
Llanelli books
Displaying 3 of 3 books about Llanelli and the local area. View all Llanelli books
Haverfordwest Town and City Memories
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Carmarthenshire Photographic Memories
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Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories
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8 Llanelli photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Llanelli
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My name was Christine Pakenham, and my mother took me over to Lannelli Wales by boat to meet my grandparents in 1958. My mom was a war bride, from 31 New Dock road. Her mom was Mary Jane Williams (nee Jones) and her dad was Ernest Williams. She married my dad, a Canadian serviceman, in July of 1945. My grandparents... [more]
Shared on 14 December 2008
my mother who is now 76 years of age,was talking with my son who is doing a world war 2 project at school.Only last night she was telling him,that in 1939 october,she aged 8 and a half and her then baby brother aged just 10 months along with their mother were evecuated to stradey castle from vauxhall,sw london.
They stayed for... [more]
Shared on 28 January 2008
I was born in 1965, the year the photo was taken and at the time my dad was a gardener at Parc Howard. I remember going to visit him almost every day, in the summer months, with either my grandmother or mother. This was a very familiar view taken from the band stand.
After what felt like hours of playing... [more]
Shared on 19 November 2006
Dyfed memories
Living far away from Bynea it was lovely and sad to see in this second photo of Bynea that the bus pictured is outside the house that I was born in in 1941. This house is approximately 110 years old and has always been in the Cooper family.
Many happy days were spent by the village boys and girls playing... [more]
Shared on 01 April 2009
The four cottages in this photograph are of Bryn Terrace, formerly named Bryn Cottages where I lived at No 1 with my sister Beryl and our parents Ceinwen and William John Thacker. My grandparents Mary Ann and William George Davies lived next door at No 2, my grandmother's brother Evan Evans and his family at No 3, and David Morris known... [more]
Shared on 17 November 2008
The man standing on the bottom left hand side with the white T-shirt and quiff is my grandad! He is now seventy. The car next to him was his first car and his pride and joy!
Shared on 06 April 2006
I recall being evacuated to Llansaint from London as a child of 7. I lived in a small sweet shop in the the village with a family named Phillips, or Philips. I am now 74 so my memories are not too sharp with regards to names and places
but I do recall going into Kidwelly one Saturday evening with some Welsh... [more]
Shared on 28 June 2008
I was born in Caerbryn in 1949 and I lived at 4 Caerbryn Terrace along at that time with my granny and grandad, mum and dad and my sister Gill who is thirteen months older than me. The terrace was then just the twenty houses and we knew all of our neighbours. In 1951 the twins Malcom and Judith were born,... [more]
Shared on 15 September 2007
Extracts From Llanelli & Dyfed books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Llanelli, inspired by Frith photos.
This view is remarkably similar today. The Burton's on the right is essentially the same shop front, although a different proprietor uses it now. Pedestrianisation and the dreary paving this inevitably brings, and a street-length covered walkway, would appear to be the main changes from the scene in the 1950s.
This is an extract from Wales Living Memories.
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Carmarthenshire Photographic Memories
Today the view is quiet and smoke-free, but this was not always the case; Llanelli was once the tin plate capital of the world. A forest of tall chimneys flung a pall of lucrative smoke over the town. The boisterous song of 'Sospan Fach' (which means 'the little saucepan') was Llanelli's theme tune.
This is an extract from Carmarthenshire Photographic Memories.
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Carmarthenshire Photographic Memories
The new-found cleanliness following the demise of the tin plate industry can be clearly seen here. Lloyds Bank, just visible on the left, faces a parade of different shops, and the size of Paige's department store at the corner of Vaughan Street indicates that new sources of wealth had been tapped.
This is an extract from Carmarthenshire Photographic Memories.
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