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My Dad and his sisters were all born in the Cwm, at 10 Bailey Street in the 1920's. They later lived at 4 Woodville Road. My grandfather Bertie Pitts and all his brothers worked in the Marine Colliery. Dad, Eric Pitts, joined Bertie ...Read more

A memory of Cwm by Ceinwen Scales

I was born in Ebbw Vale in 1953, my family name is Price. I remember being on holiday at my grandfather's and grandmother's house - it was called The Slate House in New Town, I believe. My grandfather's nickname was ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1960 by Robert Price

I TRAVELLED FROM HAFODYRYNYS TO CWM EBBW VALE IN THE EARLY 1950 MY NAME THEN WAS CYNTHIA EDWARDS ,SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS THEN WE'RE SHEILA SMITH WHO LIVED AT SOFFRYD, AND LINDA HARRIS ,SHE LIVED IN CWM HER FAMILY HAD A GREEN GROCERS SHOP ON MARINE STREET,

A memory of Cwm by cynthiamollaney

I first arrived at Abertysswg in 1955 leaving Cwmsyfiog where we lived across the road from my grandparents. My mother, Gwynneth Bradd, was a nurse in Abertysswg and travelled there from the Cwm (Cwmsyfiog) for her eleven hour ...Read more

A memory of Abertysswg by David Bradd

My mother, Eunice Weeks, came from Cwm, went into service in Bristol and London at 13 years old. Married in Cwm 1938, lived in London where my brother was born in 1939. Our house was bombed so Mum evacuated to her family ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1940 by Yvonne Barnett

I was born and bred in Llandrygarn, I lived at Cwter Hywel, I've really only got good memories of my childhood living in Llandrygarn, when you consider that you had to make your own entertainment. My friends were a group of lads ...Read more

A memory of Llandrygan

I've been researching my family tree now for a few years and I'm obsessed. I would like to find an image of any sort for the Caeharris area during 1800s. My great-great-grandparents (according to the 1881 census) lived ...Read more

A memory of Caeharris in 1880 by Tracy Kerr

I was born in Cwm in 1936, I went to the local school and I was taught by Miss Jones and Miss Parry and I went to Llanrwst Gramar School before moving to St Helens at the age of 13. When I lived in Cwm I was a member of the local ...Read more

A memory of Cwm by Meirion Davies

SUDBURY 591/0/10020 GREAT WALDINGFIELD 21-NOV-05 HOLE FARM II House. Formerly a mid-C15 service building remodelled as a house in c.1600; later C17 extension to ...Read more

A memory of Sudbury in 1860 by Phyllis Willis

I was the last of our family ( the Panto's ) to be born at Ceinws Villa, now Ceinws Bach I believe, on the 6th Nov 1947. my taid. mother and I moved to Tai Isa' just after nain died.I went to school in Corris and ...Read more

A memory of Esgairgeiliog by Gwynfor Jones