Cwm, The Colliery c.1955
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Photo of Cwm, The Colliery c.1955

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Memories of Cwm, the Colliery c1955

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I TRAVELLED FROM HAFODYRYNYS TO CWM EBBW VALE IN THE EARLY 1950 MY NAME THEN WAS CYNTHIA EDWARDS ,SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS THEN WE'RE SHEILA SMITH WHO LIVED AT SOFFRYD, AND LINDA HARRIS ,SHE LIVED IN CWM HER FAMILY HAD A GREEN GROCERS SHOP ON MARINE STREET,
I was born in 1955 and lived in Cwm. I went to Dyffryn Secondary School before going on to the North Monmouthshire College of Further Education to study a Secretarial course. My friends at the time were Georgina Griffiths, who used to live in Stanley Street and Susan Holyoake whose parents used to live and own a butchers in Marine Street. My name back then was Wallace and I had two sisters, Dianne and Sylivia, ...see more
My grandfather David Parfitt, worked in the colliery - he is sadly missed. He passed away in 1982 - he had black lung, but it was a heart attack that took him. His wife Glenys Mable Parfitt (my nan) passed away in 2006. Most of my family lived and work in and around the steel works. My father, drove the lorries bringing down the limestone to the kilns. Is there anybody who would remember my mother Dawn Parfitt? I know ...see more
My father worked at the marine colliery for over 20 years. His name was Jack Bedford, from Brynmawr, a hard working man. There was a pitfall in 1964 where a friend and workmate was killed,  he brought this poor man to the surface. I remember him coming home crying. I had never seen him cry before. Those miners worked in awful conditions, up past their knees in water, with a pick and shovel. I’m always going to be ...see more