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JAZZ BAND
Oh those memories of our jazz band, they were the best days of my life. I lived for a Saturday. My mam would pack our picnic and we'd be off in our orange and blue bus, Ronnie and Ann Marks sorting us all out with our American tan tights. I'seen places I never would have if it weren't for the band. Tuesday and Thurs band practice, it took us kids off the streets, it was my life ! Maxine Phillips
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Aberaman
Having been born and reared in Aberaman, I spent many hours in the playing fields, even before it was named King George's field. Locally it is known as the hayfield, and even now is a source of pleasure for football and dog walkers. Sadly though, often the childrens playing area has been vandalised and it is no longer safe to 'camp' there overnight, as we once did, with a bottle of water and jam sandwiches!
In the picture given on the site, a car can be seen, driving down what was and still is, Tonllwydd. Walking up up this path is lovely, it takes you to ' the line' an old railway track, which once carried coal to and from the ...read more here
A memory of Aberaman contributed by Dorothy Charles
aberaman flower show
My Grandfather used to be a judge at the Aberaman flower show and others in the area. He also won many shows himself with vegatables and flowers. I have some photographs
A memory of Aberaman contributed by Jean Johnson
Best friends
My name was June Carpenter, I used to live at 36 Aberfan Crescent. I had three best friends, Dulsie Berry, Rosina Kinsey and Denver Davies. My memories of Aberfan was great. I used to swim in the river as I lived on the river bank. I was broght up by my grandmother and my two uncles, Billo and Alfie Carpenter, known as Slogger. They were all happy times and good memories I had of Aberfan. I was taken to Penrhiwceiber to live with my mother when I was nine years of age but my memories will always be with Aberfan.
A memory of Aberfan contributed by June bramwell
Extracts From Merthyr Tydfil & Mid Glamorgan books
Three tennis courts and a bowling green were added to the Thomastown Park in the inter-
war years. This amenity, known locally as the `old park`, was built on the waste tips of the
Penydarren Ironworks. The park is within easy access of the town, and so full use was always
made of the amenities provided.
An extract from from"Heads of the Valleys Photographic Memories".
Three public houses in the
photograph are still in
business: the Express, the
Anchor Inn and the Vulcan
are virtually unchanged.
Shatz & Sons (fourth from
the right) was a furnishing
business established in
1891, with a wholesale
warehouse in the High
Street and a showroom in
Post Office Lane.
Humphreys hardware shop
next door spanned a
hundred years before it
ceased trading.
An extract from from"Heads of the Valleys Photographic Memories".
Cyfarthfa Castle was
built in 1825 for the
Crawshay family, the
ironmasters; then it
was bought by the
Merthyr Tydfil
Corporation in 1909
for £19,700. Part of
the ground floor was
opened as a municipal
museum and art
gallery in 1910, and
the remaining section
became a secondary
school in 1912. This is
still the situation today.
An extract from from"Heads of the Valleys Photographic Memories".
New roads and paths
were constructed when
this private garden
became a public park.
The park is well
timbered with
established trees that
have taken a lifetime to
grow. There are lawns
and flower-beds, rock
gardens, extensive
shrubberies, and miles
of woodland walks.
An extract from from"Heads of the Valleys Photographic Memories".
Pontsarn has a peaceful
rural location. Dowlais was
its nearest town, and the
industrial workers always
enjoyed the beautiful
scenery here. The houses on
the left are extremely old.
The Monkey Puzzle tree is a
symbol of good luck and a
sign of wealth.
An extract from from"Heads of the Valleys Photographic Memories".