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Historic maps of Penmark and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Penmark maps
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Tredegar| Ebbw Vale| Rhymney| Brynmawr| Nantyglo| Waunlwyd| Cwm| Llangynidr| Vaynor| Clydach| Cwmtillery| Merthyr Tydfil| Llangattock| Markham| Abertillery| Crickhowell| Six Bells| Aberbeeg
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Gwent memories
Police Constable Charles Boughton
My Paternal Grandfather was a police constable for a short while in Dukestown whilst stationed at Tredeger,does anyone have any memory of him at all,he was quite a devil by all accounts.Please e-mail me if you can provide information
My Home Area.
Although I was born in Princetown I spent endless hours and days in Tafarnaubach. I was brought up in the area and my closest friends all lived in Princetown or Tafaneu. Friends like Ken Woods, Graham Davies, Denis Francis, Alun Evans, Ken Galliford, Ray Leask, Ken Leask. We played football for Twyn Hotspurs in the 1950s at the back of the Travellers Rest pub. I also supported them in the late 1940s when Davo and Twny were running the team along with George Phipps, Jacky Fat Jimmy King. They were happy days. I now live in the Midlands but will always remember those days. I could go for ever. All for now. Carol Evans
The 60s in Tredegar
I would travel to Tredegar to go to the bigger shops, bigger than Brynmawr. I loved the fashions of the 60's, and sometimes could get what I liked in Tredegar. It is just a small town but I had good times there. I especially liked going to the dance held in the Working Mens Club on a Sunday night - good times Tredegar, thanks. Also I gave birth to my first daughter in St James’ Hospital in 1968.
Charles Street in The 1910's
My grandma was born Eleanor ('Nellie') Roberts at Back 62 Charles Street on the 27th November 1911 to Lillian Elizabeth and Richard John Roberts, she was the second eldest of 6 girls, Lillian 1908, Florence May 1915, Sarah Ann 1917, Florrie 1920 and Lydia Doreen 1923. Grandma remembers that the cottage had 2 rooms, one up and one down, the upstairs was divided with heavy curtains instead of walls and the girls shared beds.
Grandma has very few memories left about Tredegar as she hasn't lived in Wales since 1936, she remembers her dad used to go out with a brown sack up the lanes in Tredegar to collect elderberries to make wine from, when it was brewed he kept the corked bottles under his and the girls beds in crates, grandma remembers every night hearing the corks pop one by one as they fermented!
Grandma was at school during the first world war and remembers being taken out into the playground to watch a barrage balloon... Read more
My Childhood in Tredegar
I went to Earlstreet School and my great aunt was a teacher there, her name was Miss Trace, she was well known for playing the Welsh harp. I grew up in High Street which is no longer there. My parents were Helen (Nellie) and Billy Jones, we lived with my gran, Mrs Trace, until I was 9 years old then we moved to no. 4 Rhoslan and then to Laburnam Avenue. My best memories are of High Street though, where my best friends lived, Jean Price, Ann Germin and Valerie Andrews. We went to the park a great deal and also up the moutain near West Hill, we spent most of our days there and we attended Picton Street chapel which I loved. Barry Island and Porthcawl were favourite destinations for our day trips with the Sunday School and the street. We only lived in a two up two down with no hot water but that house seemed so big, but I visited just before it was pulled down and... Read more
The Arch
I used to live just around the corner from where this photo was taken in a place called The Crescent. Next door lived Stan Bowen on one side and Billy Comer (the fruit shop owner) on the other. Tommy Lloyd and Mr Rosser (can't remember his first name) both butchers in Ebbw Vale also lived in the same street. My art teacher from secondary school did oil paintings of the Arch from both sides for Billy Comer. I stood on that corner shown in the photo and waved as the Queen drove past after visiting RTB's in the coronation year.
The Old Arch
I was brought up the other side of the arch from this picture in Wesleyan Row. (No8) My mother still lives there today. I remember when this was the main road from the Steelworks and all the heavy lorries used to struggle up the hill. It was a bit of a risky business cutting through the arch on foot, as you had to look for a gap in the traffic and dash through, hoping you didnt get hit! In the 1970s they built the foot tunnel which made things safer. Eventually the rail line was closed and turned into the road. Wesleyan Row then became quiet and a lot cleaner and safer as the traffic was not going past the house any more. I joined the RAF and moved away in 1980, living all over the place, eventually leaving the RAF in 2002. But I didn't move back to Ebbw, oh no - thats too easy ! I moved to California instead! I am still in the desert... Read more
