Tonyrefail, c.1955
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Photo of Tonyrefail, c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Tonyrefail

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 Tonyrefail

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I was born at 17 heol Waun Tynybryn in 1952. We later moved to number 2. My family were the Domans and Males. I remember we would go for walks just behind dai the shop in Nant Eirin .We would cross the river and walk to the porcelain factory and then onto the Griffin pub which was known as "the bog" in Gilfach I remember Tynybryn Park when it was full of ash and rubbish , we called it the meadow and we would ...see more
Hi all, my name is Goff Stephens formally manager of Kirk Tubes Pontyclun. I am tracing my family tree. My nephew Dr Robert Stevens had a practice in Tonyrefail in the 70's. He emigrated to Canada. Can anyone give me any details of him at all. His wife's maiden name was Richardson ( can't remember her first name). I can be contacted Tel 01443226339 or phil.browne@live.co.uk Many, many thanks
Does anybody remember Hannah Mary, known as "Nana" and Sid Cooke who lived in 5 (?) Heol-y-Park? They fostered a little girl and I would love to know any information regarding this. Thank you. I can be contacted via email: ree.williams01@gmail.com or via this site. Thanks.
After my dad passed away in January this year (2012), I realised I knew very little about my family history. I started searching the records for dad's family - a difficult task looking for a Davies who was born in Wales! I had a stroke of luck when we came across my grandad's birth certificate. Armed with date and place of birth I found on the 1911 census that Arthur Reginald Davies(grandad aged ...see more