Kenfig Hill, Pisgah Street c.1965
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Photo of Kenfig Hill, Pisgah Street c.1965

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This kind of view is often found in this region - 19th-century terraces sprang up to house workers in the coal and iron industries - but Kenfig has a long history dating back to the Bronze and Iron Ages. The River Kenfig (in Welsh Cynffig) divides the area into two. In medieval times the town boasted a castle, a port and a church, which were overwhelmed by the sands in the early 16th century.

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A Selection of Memories from Kenfig Hill

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Kenfig Hill

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I was born in 1939 and grew up in Kenfg Hill, living at 65 Pisgah Street, Foster Buildings, and 7 Albion Place during the war years. Albion Place was then in an area of Kenfig Hill known as The Huts, because the dwellings were all semi detached of wooden construction, rather like large chicken sheds, but by all accounts very cosy. After the war we moved to 2 Ton Glas,Pyle, and then Meadow Avenue, Kenfig Hill - posh ...see more
The lovely Thomas family took me in as an evacuee during the war years, they had a daughter, Myra or similar. Sundays were special, we visited grandparents up on a hill. Moria C.M. Sunday School presented me with a Bible which I still have. Night chapel, the children had to go down the front and read a text in Welsh which I managed to get through. Mr Thomas was in the police force. I remember ...see more