Bridgend
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Bridgend memories
Read and share memories of Bridgend and Mid Glamorgan inspired by Frith photos
granny
I remember going to see granny and grandpa every
evening with my father george John. She lived in Barry
in south wales. My grandpa was a lay reader.
I am doing my family history, and my granny was born in Coity
her father and mother used to have a chemist shop in Caroline
st . Can anyone help.
Contributed by wendy john
Mum and Me in Bridgend !
I have the original post card of this picture, bought in 1950 by my Mum. I was delighted to see it was one of the Frith Prints. It's hard to see that we are on it, as the Frith watermark is right on us (not on the Frith print I purchased of course), but there is a blonde person lifting a push bike onto the pavement, and we are walking away just to the left of that person. I was five years old, with my hair in plaits. Mum is wearing a checked jacket.
We lived there while I was a kid. My Dad was the local window cleaner, and I had lots of family in and around the town.
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Contributed by Janet Grice
Going home for lunch
I am on this photo. I am one of the three girls in Grammar School uniform. The time on the clock, I believe, is 12.40 so we must have been going home for lunch. Not many people used to go home for lunch but we used to walk together. Hazel Jones (in the middle of the group) was about to cross the road to go over the old stone bridge to Sunnyside Rd. But Lorna Jones (on the left) and I used to walk all the way up Newcastle Hill to Cefn Glas. We got plenty of exercise in those days! My name then was Marilyn John. I was 12 years old at the time. ...read more here
Contributed by Marilyn Jones
Mid Glamorgan memories
Going home for lunch
I am on this photo. I am one of the three girls in Grammar School uniform. The time on the clock, I believe, is 12.40 so we must have been going home for lunch. Not many people used to go home for lunch but we used to walk together. Hazel Jones (in the middle of the group) was about to cross the road to go over the old stone bridge to Sunnyside Rd. But Lorna Jones (on the left) and I used to walk all the way up Newcastle Hill to Cefn Glas. We got plenty of exercise in those days! My name then was Marilyn John. I was 12 years old at the time. ...read more here
A memory of Bridgend contributed by Marilyn Jones
Extracts From Bridgend & Mid Glamorgan books
Most of the remains we see are the
alterations done during the 14th
century, including the great hall, the
kitchen, the buttery, the pantry and
a circular malting kiln. The elaborate
hall had been embellished with
finely-cut stone and tombstones.
Curious chimney-pieces were added
in the Tudor era.
An extract from from"Bridgend Photographic Memories".
Two miles south-south-west of Bridgend, Ogmore was originally built in 1116 by William de Londres to guard crossing points on the rivers Ewenny and Ogmore. This stronghold formed an integral part of the defences of the western border of Glamorgan, which also included castles at Bridgend and Coity.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Castles".
This bridge, from which Bridgend derives its name, was probably constructed after Owain Glyndwr's uprising. It was partly demolished by a large flood on 21 August 1775. Two of the small arches were replaced with one large one, which explains why the bridge is not symmetrical.
An extract from from"Welsh Address Book".
The building with the Woolwich advertisement was once the ticket office,
with a newsagent in the arcade behind. The York Tavern (on the left) is a
grade II listed building and dates from the early 19th century.
An extract from from"Bridgend Photographic Memories".