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Hi, I'm trying to find out any info regarding my granda, Jimmy Jones from Clydach. All I know is he was born on the 4th May (like myself), he had a brother Dai (who died in WW1) and he left the valley when 14/15 to travel to another ...Read more

A memory of Clydach Vale in 1910 by Ged Hall

Looking across the Clydach Gorge from Pant-y-Beiliau Farm, before the Heads of the Valley Road was built. Brunant Farm in the middle of the picture. My grandparents’ house is in the middle left. The railway line ...Read more

A memory of Gilwern by Ian Wiggett

My father was born in Ynysmeudwy road in 1903, the family should still be around. Wifred Richards was an uncle of mine and was Danny Richards. My memories was that I lived in Clydach for the war years and I remember the two days of the ...Read more

A memory of Cilybebyll in 1940 by Douglas Richards

I was brought up in this small village, lived at 1, St John's Road with my grandparents Frank and Emily Potter. Then, when the prefabs were built in Graig-Felen, my parents and my two sisters moved there. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Clydach in 1959 by Kathleen Potter

I will always have happy memories of spending most of my school holidays with my grandparents, Tom and Emma Howley, in Railway Terrace. I can still remember the smell of the bakery at the end of the road. I know we also had ...Read more

A memory of Blaenclydach in 1949 by Iris Hill