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Loughor maps

Historic maps of Loughor and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Loughor maps

Loughor map

Historic map of Loughor

West Glamorgan map

Illustrated Victorian map of West Glamorgan

Loughor map

Historic Map of any Loughor postcode

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Memories of Loughor

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West Glamorgan memories

Cwmfelin Road

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 Wednesday, April 01, 2009 by Marilyn Jones.

My visit to Llanelli 1958

Hi,
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 Sunday, December 14, 2008 by Christine Mackie.

london evacuation

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 Monday, January 28, 2008

A view from the band stand

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 Sunday, November 19, 2006 by David Charles.

HAPPY YEARS

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 Monday, November 17, 2008 by Ken Thacker.

Family connections.

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 Thursday, April 06, 2006 by M Paull.

Growing up in Caerbryn

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 Saturday, September 15, 2007

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... [more]

Shared on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 by Alun Owen.

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