Maps

19 maps found.

1899 - 1916, Blackwood Ref. HOSM42740
1919, Blackwood Ref. POP643057
1947, Blackwood Ref. NPO643043
1897, Blackwood Ref. RNE643057
1896, Blackwood Ref. RNE643043
1923, Blackwood Ref. POP643043
1947, Blackwood Ref. NPO643057
1903, Blackwood Ref. RNC643043
1899-1900, Blackwood Ref. RNC643057
1899 - 1916, Blackwood Ref. HOSM34173
1904-1907, Blackwood Ref. RNC643038
1904-1905, Blackwood Ref. RNC643039
1899 - 1916, Blackwood Ref. HOSM60940
1899 - 1916, Blackwood Ref. HOSM65015
1904-1907, Balloch Ref. RNC631530
1899-1900, Bryn Ref. RNC653610
1897, Bryn Ref. RNE653610
1919, Bryn Ref. POP653610
1947, Bryn Ref. NPO653610

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Memories

29 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Reflections Of My Life

I was born in Argoed Blackwood in a condemned house by candlelight in 1950 We moved to 26 Underwood road Oakdale when I was still quite young. I can still remember so much from all those years ago. The Bic. Browns, Parry, Yem ...Read more

A memory of Oakdale by Gian Singh

Beanz Dreamz...

Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

Schooldays

I was born in Hayfield Cottages, Auldgirth in April 1931. My first year at school Mrs Garthwaite was my teacher. She lived in the house just north of the school. In the mid 30s my brother Bob and I saw an airship fly over Barbra Mill. ...Read more

A memory of Auldgirth in 1930 by Samuel Jardine

Happy Times

I was born the day my parents moved to Sshilbottle. We lived at 16 Farne View but this was later changed to 16 St James Road. Nearly everyone's dad worked at the pit. Shilbottle seemed to be split in two - we had our own Church of ...Read more

A memory of Shilbottle in 1954 by Edith Frearson

O J Brown & Son Butcher

I have no memories of Blackwood as such. My interest started when I retired and took on my Genealogy! Anyway, I knew about Ossie Brown and the family butcher's shop in High St but especially his father, Arthur J Brown, my ...Read more

A memory of Blackwood by Cherryl Wharton

My Life As A Blackwood

I was keep moving to three schools because I was getting bullied and having nightmares, and my parents were protecting me from bad people. when I was nine years old, I went to the biggest shop and it was called IKEA and I was ...Read more

A memory of Blackwood by bekkablackwood

100 Year Old Mum

My mother just turned 100 October 6th. Her name is Brenda Preece (Walters) and was born in Brynhyfrydd 29 Hillside, Crumlin. My Nana once owned the grocery store opposite and the house was next to the church. Her first cousin ...Read more

A memory of Crumlin in 1955 by Susan Tupa

Long Lost Bus Stop

The bus is parked outside the Pontypool office of the "Red & White" bus company. Their head office was in Chepstow and they ran services across the whole of Monmouthshire as Gwent was then known. Buses for Newport, Usk, ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1955 by Robin Morgan

Graham Clive Cale James

Between 1938-1949 I lived in Llanarth Road then at Bryn Road 1949-1959. There was no Springfield Estate (only Springfield Villas, about 6 houses). Tradespeople at that time were Davies the bakers with door to door ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1940 by First Name Last Name

Family At The Fox, The Crown And The Railway

Several members of my family had connections with Rushton at different times between about 1910 and 1950. My great grandmother, Sarah Jane Wooton was landlady at The Crown ( I have a photo of her ...Read more

A memory of Rushton Spencer in 1920 by Karen Burns

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Captions

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Caption For Brynmawr, The Square C1955

The Griffin bus went to Blackwood at 5 minutes past each hour, and Ralphs bus journeyed to Newport at a quarter past the hour.

Caption For Newport, Commercial Street C1899

Opposite is the Westgate Hotel, which was the gathering place for the Chartist march which had set off from Blackwood, Nantyglo and Pontypool.

Caption For Newport, Commercial Street C1899

Opposite is the Westgate Hotel, which was the gathering place for the Chartist march which had set off from Blackwood, Nantyglo and Pontypool.

Caption For Newark, From The Church Tower 1923

The church is worth a visit, if only for its early 16th-century black rood screen, the only surviving example of the work of Thomas Drawsword.