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Wyllie maps
Historic maps of Wyllie and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Wyllie maps
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Pontllanfraith| Maes-Y-Cwmmer| Maesycwmmer| Hengoed| Blackwood| Ystrad Mynach| Penmaen| Llanbradach| Cwmcarn| Newbridge| Oakdale| Pontywaun| Gilfach| Bedwas| Machen| Crumlin| Bargoed| Aberbargoed| Llanfabon| Caerphilly| Abertridwr| Markham| Risca| Llanhilleth| Aberbeeg| Pontymister| Treharris| Abercynon| Six Bells| Pontypridd
Wyllie area books
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Ynysddu Crusaders
My grandfather Robert John Roberts, born 1895, joined The Ynysddu Crusaders. When I came to visit from Portsmouth, he took me to watch them play. My father Donald Keith Roberts played football, bowls and cricket.
He would be very proud today to know my grandson Andrew Bellinger often gets Man of the Match in football and is an avid sports fan. I have a print of The Team 1923-1924 Winners of The League Challenge Cup and Shield.
When I Was 10 Years Old
This is my memory of living in Ynysddu. We used to live at no 1 Station Avenue, I had 6 brothers and two sisters. We used to go up the mountain with a packed lunch of bread and jam sandwishes and play cowboys and indians in the long ferns with the Davies kids, and then we would go to the boys' pond for a swim. It was just great, but the best memory of Ynysddu was when I met my husband Brin Bush, I only knew him for three months before we were married in January 1963 and our daughter was born Janurary 15th 1964, her name is Karen. He was the love of my life, but now he's passed away after we were togather for 44 years. Now I live in Poole in Dorset but my brothters and one sister still live in Ynysddu. My maiden name was Christine Morris.
Cwmdraw Inn
In 1974 my mum and dad purchased the farm from a man called Laurence Organ. Our next door neighbours were Arthur Morris and old ma Morris, we used to call her. She was scary. My dad used to hold charity evenings for the nuns who lived on Blackwood Road. There was many a barn dance. My dad Ronald Lloyd was a builder and tried for 5 years to convert the old barn house into a pub. After 5 years of planning permission finally the pub opened in August 1979. Sadly 9 months later my dad died of a heart attack. My mum Bett Lloyd carried on running the pub for many years. Many of the locals supported the pub, many of them didn't. My summers were spent at the local swimming pool where Tom was the life guard. I also helped out at the pub for many years to come. In 1988 Islwyn bourough council made a complusive purchase order to have the inn demolished so the new road could... Read more
Bridge Street
I was born in No 1 in 1935 and lived there with my Gran and Granch and Mam and Dad until I went to university in 1955. My favourite memories are of 'The Patch' which was open ground behind Bridge Street. It became Lords Cricket Ground in the summer and the Arms Park in the winter or Somerton Park for rugby or football. Incidentally, Christine I went to infants school with Brin Bush and I was sorry to hear of his death. My memory relate to 1941 when I sat on the bedroom window sill and watched the buses of evacuees being taken from the Station Hotel Road after arriving at the railway station. I also remember that huge bomb being displayed in the Ambulance Hall but I can't remember the year. My mother, myself and my daughter went to Ynysddu infants school. I was sad when it was knocked down. I used to go to Prims Chapel next to the Black Prince Hotel. Prims has been knocked down too.... Read more
The Miller's Van in This Photo.
I travelled with Mr Moor, the miller, in this Ford van as he went from house to house selling grain food for chickens etc. I also paid a weekly visit to the mill which charged our accumulator acid battery that powered our wireless (radio). I recently visited the mill and spent an enjoyable hour being shown around and seeing an actual copy of the distress message sent out by the Titanic which Mr Moor picked up, after it struck the iceberg in 1912. My home was in Brynteg Avenue and I now live in Northern Ireland.
It's All Chicken Feed!
Hello all, my name is Robin Harries, and in 1965 I was a teenager. Mr Moore (I think Len was his name) used to drive the Ford van and deliver to our farm (which was Cwmdraw Farm) with the chicken feed. He was a lovely man, and when you spoke to him about anything, which he thought was amazing, he would always reply by saying "Due Due Due" (I think thats how you spell it) which I have been told is Welsh for "God". Sometimes my father would need more corn because we had been to Abergavenny market and bought more chickens, so sometimes I would go with him to the mill. Then when I got older (18 years old) I went to Usk College of Agriculture, where I learned how to look after poultry. I then had my own poultry farm in Stroud with 45,000 chickens, I'm sure Mr Moore would have liked the order to supply all that chicken feed, many tons a week. I then started a... Read more
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 delivery by horse and cart, the horse was named Boulter and his driver was Oliver Tovey, W.A.Ford greengrocer, Starks grocers shop opposite Pont. Low Level Station and Richards, grocer/greengrocer at Pont. bridge. Opposite Richards shop was Pantycelyn Stores. The other side of the bridge was Gibbs Brothers Garage (purchased by my grandfather in 1939/40) and the Greyhound Hotel. The Gibbs family all lived at Llanarth Road and Islwyn Terrace. Ynyswen House was the home to the park keeper of the Welfare Ground and The Dell was the home of the swimming baths superintendant, Jack Musselwhite. At No.2 Springfield Cottages lived Nan Withers, the only person I knew who lived over 100yrs. Belmont Garage on Newbridge Road were agents for Triumph cars and motorcycles. Gibbs Brothers were agents for Ford vehicles. Next to Belmont Garage was... Read more
