Cwmbran
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Commercial Street
I lived at number 36 from 1936 for 11 yrs. and saw the changes that World War 11 brought to our village. I remember the milkman and his horse-drawn cart and mam asking for a gill as she searched her purse for the coin to pay for it. Someone would always rush out to collect the horse droppings for use on their garden. The blackouts and the sound of enemy aircraft overhead as they followed the mountain range from Blaenavon to Twyn Barllwm their dropping point for the bombs aimed at Newport Docks. The arrival of the Yanks based at Llantarnam and rides in jeeps to the Mountain Air pub when soldiers took our house neighbours' daughters out for runs. ...read more here
A memory of Pontnewydd contributed by Lance Ford
Ty-Pwca Road, Upper Cwmbran
Born in Church Rd, Pontnewydd, in 1935 we moved to Ty-Pwca Rd in 1947. I attended Upper Cwmbran School and well remember the fun we had there. Gardening lessons with the Head, Mr Jones - "Clear the weeds boys and sow the seeds carefully in straight rows", he would say. The friends made then are still friends though some have, sadly, departed this life. Siloam Chapel, the golf links, Slippery Path, the Mountain Air pub and games with friends in the wood behind Ty-Pwca Rd. The fun we had as the steel houses were erected. The arctic winter of '47/8 and having to walk along a single track in the snow of four feet deep up Trappers Hill and into Pontnewydd ...read more here
A memory of Upper Cwmbran contributed by Lance Ford
Ancestors
James and Charlotte Brooker and son Harry (born 18.09.1869).
Anyone know them or where they lived?
A memory of Llantarnam contributed by susan rogers
Grandpa ran a pub in this street
My Great Grandpa Frederick Harvey was the beerhouse keeper who ran The Swan in George Street. Wish I could find some pictures of the pub (and my Grandpa, Arthur James Harvey, was born in the pub).
A memory of Pontypool contributed by Sarah Vann