Cymmer
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Map of West Glamorgan
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Cymmer memories
Read and share memories of Cymmer and West Glamorgan inspired by Frith photos
village
very nice place to live on the left is the shop by the bus stop and railway crossing
Contributed by philip owens
West Glamorgan memories
village
very nice place to live on the left is the shop by the bus stop and railway crossing
A memory of Cymmer contributed by philip owens
I grew up here
My first recollection of living in the valley was at Duffrin where my sisters Pat and Pam Smith also lived, later we moved to the Gwynfi, and that is where I lived and was educated in the local infants school at the bottom of the hill near the river and bowing green, then to the local Secondary Modern at the top of the hill, from there to Cymmer, left there in 1953, memories for me was one of poverty and like most a true sense of pride.
Poverty even if you were in full time employment, the weekly wage just about got you through the week. Pride even on men with ashen faces who could no longer work, and came from ...read more here
A memory of Abergwynfi contributed by Kenneth Smith
Days of long ago.
My father had a very good friend who was a coal miner in this colliery, they lived in Abergwnfi. The name was Ad & Ivor Morgan.
A memory of Abergwynfi contributed by Brenda Vanderwert