Nostalgic memories of Treforest Industrial Estate's local history

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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War Years

I lived in the prefabs during the war, lots of memories like my friend Ralph Binney. We spent our holidays working for nothing on the large farm opposite our prefab on the upper estate (there was also a lower estate). The farm was owned by Griffin Mills whose house was on the Pontypridd Road. It was a large farm. Ralph and I helped to get the horses in from the fields first thing and harness them up ...see more

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Added 27 August 2013

Days Gone By

All the children in the 80's grew up on the Trading Estate, we would ride, skate, play around the factories all day, and sometimes late into the night. Rhyd-yr-helyg and Oxford Street have given me fond memories of growing up.

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Added 18 September 2012