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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 Roath & South Glamorgan books
Simple but striking;
the War Memorial in
remembrance of World
War I is a double circular
colonnade enclosing
the Cenotaph. It is
situated in the Alexandra
Gardens part of
Cathays Park.
An extract from from"Cardiff Photographic Memories".
An air of tranquillity permeates this summer view. It is interesting that the terrace of old Welsh cottages appears to
have been re-roofed with modern tiles and not stone slates - this is an indicator of the lack of planning regulations
at this time. The peace here would have been shattered regularly with the Tornadoes on training flights from
nearby RAF St Athan’s.
An extract from from"Cardiff Photographic Memories".
The old hump-backed bridge carried the main road from Cardiff to Swansea over the River Thaw, which at this
point is merely a stream meandering to the sea at Cardiff Bay. The neglected look of the bridge is in stark contrast
to the stuccoed house, which has either been entirely renovated or perhaps newly built.
An extract from from"Cardiff Photographic Memories".
From further up the road here we can still make out the Esso station we saw in photograph No D31071, dwarfed
beyond the Star public house owned by Brains’ brewery. The company was formed by Samuel Arthur Brain and
his Uncle Joseph Benjamin in 1882 in Cardiff, and is still a family-owned independent brewery.
An extract from from"Cardiff Photographic Memories".
Despite the sign above the
pub door saying ‘Merry’,
this pub, previously
an hotel, has always
been named ‘Merrie’.
It sits majestically aside
the Barry to Cardiff
road, facing Barry. The
pressure of road traffic
has necessitated a
roundabout, although
only one Wolseley car
can be seen. The pub
is mid-Victorian, and is
constructed of stone with
an in-fill of pebbles of all
colours and shapes.
An extract from from"Cardiff Photographic Memories".