Penrhiwceiber, General View Of Glasbrook Football Ground c.1960

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I am told that in the 1950's a number of families from Penrhiwceiber would come to Tarrington in Herefordshire to help with the hop picking. They would arrive at Stoke Edith Station (which was actually in Tarrington) and stay in a disused Mill just over the other side of the lane. The farmer's name was Newton Williams, a bit of a character from all accounts. My friend Bob, who was one of the Paget ...see more

I lived at no 50 just 2 doors down from st Winifred’ s church from 1944 to 1964. My mother was Stella Jeffery and my grandparents Mona and Charles (Jeff) Jeffery who was a dentist and had his surgery at No 50. Does anyone remember coming to see him? My name is Sue but I was generally known as Susan Jeffery. I too was in Handle’s Choir with my friend from Miskin, Margaret Williams. I loved the choir. I also ...see more

Trying to find information on the reeves family who lived in wood field terrace Penrhiwceiber my father was born there grandfather worked down the pit There . but moved to Coventry in the late 1920.trying to find if anyone can remember the reeves/thomas/ parfitt.family. And Walter Morris Edwards who Owned a greengrocer shop in penrhiwceiber he married my get grandmother Jane Thomas/reeves and lived at 52 wood ...see more

I lived in Rheola St. from 1941 till 1950. Opposite Maggie Ropey. Never knew her real name, but I think her husband worked in the pit.Other shops I remember, Jackie Morgan, Fruit and Veg, Mr Kean,private Grocer, Peglers,Grocers, and Barnes and Bullens,Newsagents, by the Clock.Two of my aunties sang in Handels choir at the time. They were Sarah ann Holmes from Glasbrook Terrace, and Harriot Evans from Church Street.Happy days.Ceiber is still home even after sixty odd years away.