Gilwern, The Canal c.1960
Photo ref:
G246005
Photo ref:
G246005
More about this scene
The canal runs through Gilwern; it is very picturesque, and there are now moorings in Gilwern for pleasure boats outside the Bridgend Inn. This view was taken further along the canal.
An extract from Monmouthshire Photographic Memories.
Add to Album
You must be signed in to save to an album
Sign inShare This Photo
Buy a Print
Unframed, Mounted, Framed and Canvas prints in a range of sizes and styles.
View Sizes & Prices
Featuring this image:
Monmouthshire Photographic Memories
The photo 'Gilwern, the Canal c1960' appears in this book.
View BookA Selection of Memories from Gilwern
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 Gilwern
Sparked a Memory for you?
If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?
The bottom part of this secen now lies under the Heads of the Valley Road. This is taken before the ‘old’ road was built, showing open fields down to the canal bank and the former Navigation Inn. You can see the Congregational Chapel in the left hand corner. The Farm was demolished when the old Heads of the Valley was built, but there is a footpath across the fields to Ty Gwyn.
This is the view from Brunant Road, over Brunant Farm to Maesygwartha and Pantybeiliau. The Old Rectory just on the left edge.
Looking across the Clydach Gorge from Pant-y-Beiliau Farm, before the Heads of the Valley Road was built. Brunant Farm in the middle of the picture. My grandparents’ house is in the middle left. The railway line running clearly across the middle. I grew up in a new house built next to my grandparents, so it’s fascinating for me to see how things looked before I was born. The thing that ...see more
The boats were owned by a Mr Goodin, he hired them out by the hour and people came from all the valleys to go on the canal. We as teenagers used to make some pocket money by rowing those that could not row up the canal. They were fun times. Now the scene has changed since those days, it is now narrow boats that are on the canal.
Before
After