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Our Pub!
Gidday to all! Having recently travelled to Penmark to rediscover my family history, I am sure that this is a photo of 'Kenson Cottage',which used to be the 'Rose and Crown' pub .My family(Gabriel) used to own the pub and smithy until 1858,when it was bought by Thomas Hopkin.I have my family back to 1782 in Kenson,with 3 grave sites in 'St Marys' graveyard.Lewis Gabriel,my GrGr Grandfather left Kenson about 1870 for Victoria,Australia.I would love to hear from anyone who has recollections, information or is a relative! By the way,what a beautiful,peacefull place.Shame about the power lines.Cheers! email;aussiecelt@westnet.com.au
Contributed by chris gabriel
South Glamorgan memories
Our Pub!
Gidday to all! Having recently travelled to Penmark to rediscover my family history, I am sure that this is a photo of 'Kenson Cottage',which used to be the 'Rose and Crown' pub .My family(Gabriel) used to own the pub and smithy until 1858,when it was bought by Thomas Hopkin.I have my family back to 1782 in Kenson,with 3 grave sites in 'St Marys' graveyard.Lewis Gabriel,my GrGr Grandfather left Kenson about 1870 for Victoria,Australia.I would love to hear from anyone who has recollections, information or is a relative! By the way,what a beautiful,peacefull place.Shame about the power lines.Cheers! email;aussiecelt@westnet.com.au
A memory of Penmark contributed by chris gabriel
Royal Observer Corps
My Great-grandfather, Edward Stanley Carpenter, was in the ROC during WW2. He did not fight as he had emphysemia and pneomoconiosis from the mines, but he used to lecture his colleagues on plane-spotting to inform the relevant people of all aircraft movement in their area. After the War, he joined the RNVR and eventually became a Lieutenant Commander, a rank he took with him to the Sea Scouts at TS Cossack in Barry.
Sincerely,
Caroline Scott.
A memory of Rhoose contributed by Caroline Scott
Zena
I remember these cottages. A girl my own age lived in one of them. Her name was, "Zena."
They were, very sadly, demolished, some years ago.
Cadoxton school is just across the road from where these lovely little cottages were situated.
A memory of Barry contributed by Patricia Baker
Extracts From Penmark & South Glamorgan books
Beyond the happy
holidaymakers the
distinctively striped rock
face, vividly illustrated here,
is a signature feature of the
cliff face between Barry and Penarth.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
How sad – this is the end of our photographic journey around this part of the Vale of Glamorgan. Built for Peter Birt in the 1770s to a design by Robert Adam, this grand residence was for many years renowned for its beautiful interiors, their opulence virtually unparalleled in South Wales. From its pink and green dining room, a 19th-century visitor could wander throughout the castle enthralled by its vast and remarkable collection of stuffed animals on display.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Initially commissioned to honour those of the parish who fell in the First World War, the simple Celtic cross of the war memorial was to be sadly amended in the aftermath of the Second World War with the loss of four local men. Corporal Cyril Channon died as a Japanese POW, Gunner Alec Collins was lost at sea with Captain John Duncan, and Lieutenant Rhys Thomas was killed in action.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Seemingly indifferent to its position beside the busy thoroughfare connecting Cardiff and Cowbridge, Church Hall House (pictured) stands testament to a romanticised Victorian vision of a pre-industrial Britain. Built in 1898 in a William Morris-inspired Arts and Crafts style, the house boasts a distinctive stone, brick and render façade topped by terracotta tiles and an exaggerated turret.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
There is no general consensus as to the origin of ‘St Nicholas’ as a place name. Some believe that it is derived from the phosphorescent light effect seen around vessels in the nearby Bristol Channel, sometimes referred to by its Russian name ‘St Nicholas’s Lights’. At the time of this photograph the population of the parish had fallen to 326 – not until the 1980s would it match its 1950s high.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".