Nostalgic memories of Talygarn's local history

Share your own memories of Talygarn and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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My father was a miner in the Forest of Dean, and spent a number of times in the Tal-y-Garn miners rest home after having a number of accidents, for rehabilitation. It was during the 1940s and early 1950s that he spent there, I would love some pictures from that period of the home.
Joseph and Mary Devonshire (nee Neat) lived in a large house in Talygarn, they were both born about 1845. They had 10 children, 4 girls, one of whom was Mary, and 6 boys, one of whom was David, killed in the First World War on 25/12/1914 in France (2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards). Another son was George, who survived the First World War. They were my great-great-uncles. One of the girls ...see more