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Mustow's cafe.
I lived with my family in St Athan village from the time of my first birthday in 1946 to my marriage in 1970. Mt wife and I were married at the church shown in the photograph. The church is dedicated to an Irish saint by the name of Tathan. The village was once known as Llandathan, then Saint Tathen and finally St Athan(s). At this church I was a choirboy, Sunday School teacher and bellringer too. There are six bells in the tower cast by Warners.
Mustows' Cafe figures prominently and this shop was run by Dai Mustow, as we knew him, along with his wife and they lived next to his brother in one of ...read more here
A memory of St Athan contributed by Mr WM Price
Hammett's Farm.
This building was known to us as Hammett's Farm, properly West Orchard Farm, in the Higher End area of St Athan. Arthur Hammett and his wife ran the farm and I occasionally helped to deliver milk from the farm around the village from a horse and cart. Arthur, who lived to the great age of 92, and continued farming to the last, would bottle his own milk in a tiny parlour. He was a lovely chap and always gave us a mangold to make a lantern for Halowe'en night. The farmhouse is alongside the old main road from Barry to Llantwit Major before the huge RAF Station at St Athan was further enlarged and another road had ...read more here
A memory of St Athan contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
The Town Hall Steps
When I was very young I can remember that my mother used to let me run up and down the town hall steps.
A memory of Llantwit Major contributed by Ceri Bosley
Barry Island in the 50s and 60s
I traveled to Barry Island every summer because it was the nearest seaside to Brynmawr where we lived. The excitement of seeing the sea was overwhelming, and every time I would be sick on the old coach taking us there. We would first spend a few hours on the beach, then a walk around the shops, hoping for the biggest stick of rock possible. Then we spent an hour or so at the fair. I don't know how I ever went on the rides, I couldn't now! Then it was back to the coach. I was always OK going home, so it was just the thrill of being at Barry Island, something nice to look forward to. Barry Island has brought ...read more here
A memory of Barry Island contributed by jackie haynes
Extracts From Capel Llanilltern & South Glamorgan books
A fine illustration of the commercialisation of Windsor Road – but the buildings on the extreme left and right are apparently still residential. The earliest plans were to centre the business heart of the town on Glebe Street and develop into Arcot Street. Times changed, and the fine residences of this stretch of Windsor Road were to be co-opted into service, albeit with the addition of extended frontages.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Perhaps one of the less celebrated architects of the new Penarth was Frederick Speed, prolific at the turn of the century. A fine example of his building work, the Lansdowne Hotel, is pictured here. Both the nearby British Legion building and the Royal Buildings are also his. The block near the centre of the Esplanade, completed by Speed in 1904, was of major benefit to visitors, providing both restaurant and accommodation facilities.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
The south side of Windsor Road lay undeveloped until c1880 with the construction of the block seen here beyond the roundabout. The London & Provincial Bank established itself c1883, relocating to a vacant school building on the corner of Stanwell Road c1886. It became Barclays (left) after bank amalgamation of 1919. Originally a mere sub-branch of Cardiff’s Bute Street, the growing stature of the town is evidenced by the bank’s gaining of both ‘full’ status (c1886) and Bute Street’s erstwhile manager, Mr H W Rice!
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Two landmarks oppose one another on a busy route from the railway station. In the shade of Christchurch Congregational’s intricate Gothic spire the purpose built public library (a ‘Carnegie Building’) opened in 1905 on land provided by Lord Windsor. To the left is the Washington Super Cinema section of a bold 1930s block which was also designed to accommodate flats, shops and garages.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Conceived in a typically robust style by John Coates Carter, the Victoria Road church is seen here in the first decade of its existence. Established as a daughter church to Penarth’s parish church, St Augustine’s, it has led an unfortunate life. It was destroyed by fire in 1927, and then the rebuilt and enlarged church was again partially destroyed in 1941 by enemy action.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".