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In 1962 I was in Cledwyn Evan's class at the primary school. In the Summer terms Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother used to visit King Edward's School in Witley, and Mr. Evans led his class to the roundabout to see her go by. He was ...Read more

A memory of Milford by Mike Taylor

During the Second World War my family were evacuated to Cefn Hengoed. Two of my brothers were with the Hughes family, two with the Palmers and two of my sisters with the Jones Famly. We arrived in 1941. Being one of the ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Hengoed in 1941 by Firs Terryt Name La Carneyst Name

The first time my father took me under the Hengoed viaduct I remember looking up and said to my dad that one day I would like to walk across it and wondered how long it would take us. When I got a bit older and a bit more interested in the ...Read more

A memory of Hengoed in 1980 by Kristian Burrows

My nana Winnie Williams has lived in Cefn Hengoed for a very long time and is now nearly 103 years old. Her late husband was Cled Williams who was a councillor in the surrounding area who died before I was born. They had 5 children: Cled, ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Hengoed in 2009 by Jennie Williams

I also have memories of St Nicholas, and was a pupil at the school from 1949 aged four, till 1952. Miss Garrard was the headmistress, and I seem to remember she was very kind. I had a kindergarten teacher who was absolutely ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham in 1949 by Sheila Medhurst

My dad got me a job as a trainee pattern weaver at Gaunts mill in the main street of Farsley. I was 16/17 at the time. I learned a lot in that 18 months or so and I also met a beautiful girl called Doreen ...Read more

A memory of Farsley in 1960 by Keith Carter

Hi, I was born in 10 Horner Street, in 1941, parents were Idris and Olive, one sister Pat, lived in England for a while. Came back to Wales in 1953, worked in Hestons rubber factory for about a year then the nylon spinners at Pontypool ...Read more

A memory of Tir-y-berth in 1941 by Alan Davies

My most vivid memory of Hengoed Viaduct was when I travelled by train over the viaduct (Hengoed High Level) to Stoke on Trent in the summer of 1961. The whole family went and we stayed at my ...Read more

A memory of Hengoed by Barrie Evans

Hi this is a stab in the dark but maybe someone will know of something. My Nanna was a small girl during the war. She was born Annie Elizabeth Gordon in 1935 in Gateshead. Her and her older brother Luke Skelly Gordon B 1932 ...Read more

A memory of Tir-y-berth in 1940 by Gav Liddle

My then boyfriend told me to take the throttle of his 650 Triumph Bonneville - putting eye makeup onat the time I believe - said I’ll have the clutch . When I say open her up just let her go - so I did! We went over the Blackwater Bridge ...Read more

A memory of Blackwater by hillibeen