Places
36 places found.
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- Rhyl, Clwyd
- Llandudno, Clwyd
- Tenby, Dyfed
- Cardiff, South Glamorgan
- Aberystwyth, Dyfed
- Colwyn Bay, Clwyd
- Carmarthen, Dyfed
- Barmouth, Gwynedd
- St Davids, Dyfed
- Betws-y-Coed, Clwyd
- Dolgellau, Gwynedd
- Criccieth, Gwynedd
- Aberaeron, Dyfed
- Conwy, Clwyd
- Chepstow, Gwent
- Llangollen, Clwyd
- Beaumaris, Gwynedd
- Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan
- Devil's Bridge, Dyfed
- Prestatyn, Clwyd
- Fishguard, Dyfed
- Swansea, West Glamorgan
- Bala, Gwynedd
- Newport, Gwent
- Haverfordwest, Dyfed
- Brecon, Powys
- Tywyn, Gwynedd
- Barry, South Glamorgan
- Bangor, Gwynedd
- Menai Bridge, Gwynedd
- Pwllheli, Gwynedd
- Wrexham, Clwyd
- New Quay, Dyfed
- Kinmel Bay, Clwyd
- Ruthin, Clwyd
- Abergavenny, Gwent
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Memories
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Post War Harlesden.
I was born in Tredegar, South Wales in April 1941. My mother had been evacuated to that small welsh town when she fell pregnant with me in 1940. We lived with her parents. My dad was away doing War things. We moved back to London ...Read more
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Great Schooldays!!
I was born in 1943 in Mancot and lived in Shotton. After the eleven plus I arrived at Hawarden Grammar school. The first two years were easy enough but in Form3, I noticed all the boys studied Science and all the girls had to take ...Read more
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St. Thomas' Church, Oakwood 1965
Although I was working in Wales at this time, my parents still lived in Oakwood, and I was married at St. Thomas' in December 1969. I had previously gone to church and Sunday School here when I was still at home.
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Isaac And Magretta Griffiths.
I am the granddaughter of Isaac and Magretta who are both buried at Tabernacle. My father was Ieuan, brother to David Glamor, Luther, Elfed, Royston and Dougwell. They all moved to the Midlands in the late 1930’s. My ...Read more
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A Trip To Wales
I would like to get in touch with any one who was at St johns in 1975 /76, they organized a trip to wales where we learned how to canoe and abseiling down steep rocks, the place in wales was called Llanberis, please contact me through ...Read more
A memory of Tiffield
The Village Was Home
I was born in 1950 at Orsett Hospital, a few minutes before my twin sister and on my mothers birthday no less. We lived at 28 St James Avenue East until 1968. The house was in fact that of my maternal grand parents and my ...Read more
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Good Old Days.....
I was a "Calder girl" from 1951 or 52 to 1959. I didn't like it much at the time, but now of course, I have many, many memories. I know so many of the hymns in the English hymn book because we had to learn them for punishments. Not ...Read more
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Eastry Childrens Home
I had a wonderful upbringing ‘up the hill’ from Buttshole pond… 1958 - 1966 I was raised in one of the seven cottages- mine was Lime Cottage. My matron was Mrs. Aunty Betty Harris- who had a daughter, ...Read more
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Mother Stay At Hut Hotel
When my Mother died in 2000 we found a letter saying my mother nee Mary Kingston and her friend stayed at the hotel . The lake had frozen and they went skating on it at Christmas time . She would have been about 12 at the time ...Read more
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Northolt Wonderland
I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in ...Read more
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Captions
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The £8 million suspension bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in September 1966 to carry the new M4 motorway from England across the Severn Estuary to South Wales.
At the beginning of the 11th century Wales, the 'territory of the Welshmen', was owned by the wealthy Mercian thegn Wulfric Spott, who also owned lands in Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
Timothy Whites, the chemist, was a familiar sight in post-war Wales and is a conspicuous business on the Square.
At the beginning of the 11th century Wales, the 'territory of the Welshmen', was owned by the wealthy Mercian thegn Wulfric Spott, who also owned lands in Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
The name 'Llandaff' means 'the sacred enclosure on the river Taff', and Llandaff is one of the earliest ecclesiastical foundations in Wales.
The name 'Llandaff' means 'the sacred enclosure on the river Taff', and Llandaff is one of the earliest ecclesiastical foundations in Wales.
Coal mining in South Wales has declined still further since this photograph was taken.
From left to right we have the Kings (now Victoria) Tower; the Clarence Tower; the Chester Tower, which houses the library; and the Prince of Wales Tower.
Near the middle of Wales, sheep are driven along a back road near the old market town.
Further on, it subsequently becomes the border between England and Wales.
Despite its name, Scotland Street actually leads to Wales.
So proclaimed the South Wales Echo in its December 1956 review of the facility.
Even before the end of the First World War calls had been made to erect a monument to honour Wales' dead.
Following a land dispute with Reginald de Grey, Owain proclaimed himself Prince of Wales and rose against the English in 1400.
Further on, it subsequently becomes the border between England and Wales.
Known as the Prince of Wales Arch, this was erected by the Rev Oliver Raymond (d1889), the third of six Raymonds who were rectors here.
The military presence in the town and the museum of the South Wales Borderers - even the 13th-century cathedral was semi-fortified, which is most unusual - has perhaps helped maintain a sense of order.
Dating from the 7th century, and named after Winifride, or Gwenffrewi in Welsh, the holy well has been the site of pilgrimage ever since, and known as 'the Lourdes of Wales'.
A small town at the gateway to Wales, close to the English border and Offa's Dyke, Chirk is noted both for its castle, in continuous occupation from the 13th century, and its position at the entrance to
In the central High Street stands the Prince of Wales (left), which features the royal plume of feathers on its sign - Duchy of Cornwall lands stretch westwards around Dorchester.
Like many of the towns in Wales that grew because of the extractive industries such as coal and slate, Abertillery expanded at an astonishing rate from 6,000 in 1881 to over 40,000 in 1921.
Set below Pen y Corddyn Mawr, a Romano-British hill fort, these houses and cottages are a more recent addition to the ancient landscape of the North Wales coast.
The jaunty hanging kettle optimistically beckons visitors to a Swiss-style establishment that must belie a Wales only just awakening from its post- war austerity.
The Prudential, shown on the right is now the West Wales Property Company.
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