Mountain Ash, Colliery c.1955
Photo ref:
M175047
Photo ref:
M175047
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Coal mining in South Wales has declined still further since this photograph was taken. Mountain Ash was then a thriving colliery, but the entire South Wales coal industry has been much reduced in subsequent years.
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A Selection of Memories from Mountain Ash
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 Mountain Ash
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We moved to Mount 1962, I started school at Darran Las Infant School. Then moved on to the Comprehensive. How big it looked and the kids where so grown up. The grounds where just beautiful and the old house was incredible. The rooms where so filled with atmosphere. My imagination went wild. Staying behind use to scare me a little as there were a lot of ghost stories. Walking to school and back from High St ...see more
My name is George Reese---and I am in the US. My relatives came mainly from Glamorgan, but a few from England. About 20 years ago, I started to research my family roots. My mother gave me a small Bible, that belonged to a young girl, who lived in Mountain Ash. In the Bible---Mountain Ash is referred to as Mount Ash. The Bible dates to the 1880s, and fortunately, the young girl wrote ...see more
I lived on Darren Road, my aunt took me in as an evacuee. My uncle, an electrican looked after the power staion. The pool I remember well, many a happy hour spent there, also the bowling green. Myself and friends used to spend a lot of time going over the bridge to the hillls collecting wimberrys, eating a lot but still able to get enough for a tart.
I have in my possession a copy of the 1911 census for Mountain Ash, which I hope is linked to my late mother's side of the family, anyway here goes:
I want to know if there are any descendants of the following:
GEORGE PRITCHARD born 1871 MANSELL LACY, Herefordshire
SUSAN PRITCHARD born 1883 EARDISLEY, Herefordshire
LILIAN PRITCHARD born 1904 ABERCYNON, Glam
REGINALD PRITCHARD born 1906 MOUNTAIN ASH, ...see more
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