- re wales -- brian anderson, Thu, May 30 2002, 3:44:05
hello ian i lived @ 11 glan ebbw terrace
after failing 11 plus i went to gelli-crug
worked at turner shoes in the arcade
and came to canada in march of 1966
i did not know that i was canadian and raised in aber
by my grandmather
my nan died in oct 2000 @ 99 years old i came home
for the funeral had do at the rugby club oak street
please reply regards bunny
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Head Gear Six Bells Colliery -- Kath, Tue, Apr 16 2002, 1:10:29
I don't know if this question has already been asked, but does anyone know where the head gear (pit wheels)of Six Bells Colliery are now, and why weren't they mounted like the wheels of Rosehayworth, LLanhilleth and Cwmtillery.
Kath
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- Memories -- Mrs Bob Davies, Sat, May 11 2002, 23:52:59
Does anyone remember this lady?, she lived with her 2 grandaughters Mary and Peggy in a house near the bakery, in a street behind Roseheyworth Road, a great chapel goer, Blaenau Gwent. 50's and 60's
Any information apreciated.
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Seeking NCB Employment Records( Cwmtillery PIT) -- Michael Jones, Fri, Mar 22 2002, 18:57:55
Hi my name is Michael Jones and I lived at Attlee Avenue,Abertillery from 1951-1960 when I joined the RAF.
I am trying to find out who holds the employment records for Cwmtillery and Abertillery New Mine for my father William Jeffery Jones (Jeff) any help would be appreciated.
kind regards,
Michael
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- Cwmtillery Colliery. -- Bill., Mon, Jan 21 2002, 4:20:46
Hi Les,
Another question on Cwmtillery Pit. Any idea what year horses were last used underground?
Bill.
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- Re: Cwmtillery Colliery. -- maureen, Tue, Jan 22 2002, 18:50:13
- Hi Bill, You'll have to give me a day or so on this one, only have half a story (NT) -- Les, Tue, Jan 22 2002, 18:56:59
- Bill, David is right it was early 70s that all ponies except 3 came out of the colliery for the last time. A few ended up at local farms but most went to Abergavenny market to be sold. I would like to think they all ended up on farms also, but I don't know. The 3 ponies which remained, transferred to the Rose and were used underground to salvage any equipment needed from Cwmtillery. When the Rose closed these 3 went to the local farm on the old blaina road (NT) -- Les, Sun, Jan 27 2002, 9:36:32
Re: Cwmtillery Colliery. -- john meredith, Mon, Feb 04 2002, 9:33:09
- Hulme's clan -- steph, Wed, Mar 13 2002, 19:35:06
forgot this - sorry (I'm not too good with this mallarky)
Does anyone know of the whereabouts of terry hulme's children ...? I was in school with them and would love to get in touch again.
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- Hulmes clan -- steph, Wed, Mar 13 2002, 19:31:07
HULME's -- Dai, 07:27:35 10/10/01 Wed
Does anyone remember the Hulme's of Penybont? Do they still live in Cwmtillery? They were quite a big family - I used to hang about with them when I was a nipper. I now live in Lowestoft and, haven't gotten up to my home stomping-ground in years? How is the 'old place'?
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Re: HULME's -- les, 15:20:20 10/10/01 Wed
Re: HULME's -- Mike Callaghan, 11:09:02 10/15/01 Mon
Re: HULME's -- john meredith, 12:53:43 10/16/01 Tue
Re: HULME's -- JEFFERY TAYLOR, 18:05:24 11/02/01 Fri
Re: HULME's -- Lesley Butcher, 18:48:18 11/06/01 Tue
Dai, if you want a message passed on I see George most days (NT) -- Les, 21:07:54 12/23/01 Sun
Re: HULME's -- robert hughes, 08:01:03 01/01/02 Tue
Re: HULME's -- Steph, 00:54:51 02/09/02 Sat
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- Re. Richard Griffin's question -- Malcolm Smith, Wed, Mar 06 2002, 20:45:18
Re. Roy and Val Jones.
Their son Alvin still lives on Attlee Avenue as well as one of his sister's
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- Bakehouse -- Dave, Tue, Feb 19 2002, 18:00:04
Another once familier site on the West Side was the old bakehouse which was situated iin front of Winifred Terrace. It was a wood structure I seem to remember and it had been disused for a long time. It finally burnt down in the early 50s. Anyone know anything about it. When it was operational, when it became disused, when it was built?
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- Old House -- Dave, Wed, Feb 13 2002, 17:55:33
Does anyone remember the old house that stood on the Fieldings Terrace side of the Pit Head Baths? It was demolished in the late 50s or so to make way for the Boiler Room addition to the Baths. At this time, the old Lancaster Boilers were removed. It would be interesting to hear who lived there and when it was built?
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- Shops-boots-shoes and payday -- Les, Sat, Jan 12 2002, 10:32:20
Hi Everyone,
Well the start of another year, hope it turns out kind to all of you and thanks for all your support last year.
I'm trying to add some past history and hope your input will shine some light on the matter.
I have read in books about the Relief man? Was this a person arranging some kind of loan for the people until payday And was the fund held by the council Can anyone expand on this as I would like to include it to the site.
Also the Boot fund, did children have to ask their headmaster before being issued with new one?
Where did the boots/shoes come from, that is who funded it and can anyone expand on how the system worked
Look forward to any input, message board or emails I'll leave it up to you
Did the Co op shop in cwmtillery fit into this anywhere
Happy surfing
Les
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- Information required on Nantyglo Ex-Headmaster -- Freda Griffiths, Sat, Nov 24 2001, 22:50:10
Well the message board seems to have become stagnant, I hope you are all dropping to read from time to time, just in the hope that someone knows about Mr Silk,who was the Headmaster at Nantyglo Grammar School in the 1950/60, or any of his family members. It would be a help if anyone knew if they are still living in the area or if they have moved away from the valley. Many thanks for any help that I may be lucky enough to receive. Hope the weather isn't to cold there yet, it always was a jumper colder than anywhere else.
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- Mines. -- Bill., Tue, Jan 08 2002, 5:57:27
When the mines such as Cwmtillery Colliery and Six Bells closed,what was done with all the mining equipment and machinery that was underground?
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- When Cwmtillery closed a small amount of equipment transferred the Rose, the rest just left. When the Rose closed a few years later, every piece of underground equipment was just abandoned where it was last used. 26 miles of tunnels, Haulage Engines, Electric motors, miles of rail track, ropeways and conveyer belting, and I've been told (by a reliable source) 40 trams were left on the rail and full of coal. Between Cwmtillery and Roseheyworth equipment that remained underground, probably now in flooded tunnels, would total hundreds of millions of pounds.Surface equipment was sold as scrap to anyone that put in a bid, the rest buried. Think of all that history still in the depth of the valleys…… (NT) -- Les, Tue, Jan 08 2002, 21:02:15
- Re: Mines. -- Freda, Thu, Jan 10 2002, 1:59:43
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Old Coal Mining Level -- Dave Thomas, Tue, Dec 18 2001, 17:36:13
As a follow up to the previous debate on the whereabouts and name of the old level on the Old Blaina Road, I was talking with a long time Cwmtillery resident by the name of Allan Preece about the subject. Allan tells me that he helped his father Frank Preece, bring the last pony from Rhiw Colburn or Colbine as Allan called it, sometime during the late 40s. His dad, Frank was the Gaffer Haulier at Cwmtillery for many years. This was evidently, one of many old levels that were mined around the mountainsides in those days.
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- Old Coalmining Level. -- Bill., Mon, Jul 09 2001, 2:05:57
Can anyone remember the Level that used to be down by Abertillery Park on the Old Blaina Road? There doesn't seem to be any records of it in the Old Abertillery in Photograph's Books.
What was the name, how many people worked there, and when did it close?
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- Re: Old Coalmining Level. -- Boyo, Tue, Jul 10 2001, 17:56:52
- Re: Old Coalmining Level. -- Boyo, Tue, Jul 10 2001, 17:59:03
- Re: Old Coalmining Level. -- Les, Tue, Jul 10 2001, 19:26:08
- Re: Old Coalmining Level. -- Boyo, Wed, Jul 11 2001, 17:52:16
- Re: Old Coalmining Level. -- Bill., Sun, Jul 15 2001, 0:44:31
- Re: Old Coalmining Level. -- john meredith, Wed, Oct 03 2001, 10:56:35
- Cwmtillery Colliery, Memories. -- Bill Hancock., Sat, Apr 07 2001, 18:54:30
What an excellent Website especially for someone like myself, as I worked in Cwmtillery Colliery from the early 60's to early 70's, mainly in the Garw. Came back for a holiday in 1999 and surprised at so many changes. Strange to see Cwmtillery and the old pit no longer there. Although the area now looks beautifull. Been in Canada for the past 25 years, hopefully be back again soon for another holiday.
P.S.
Where's the Ginny? I've forgotten.
Bill Hancock.
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- Re: Cwmtillery Colliery, Memories. -- Freda Griffiths - Nee Silk, Sun, Apr 08 2001, 1:33:43
- Re: Cwmtillery Colliery, Memories. -- Boyo, Mon, Apr 09 2001, 17:34:44
- Re: Cwmtillery Colliery, Memories. -- Richard Griffin, Thu, Oct 18 2001, 11:40:56
- Pubs -- Les, Fri, Apr 20 2001, 12:21:17
Near the old railway line a little way up from the Mount
was the Pub" The Britannia", I have been told it was known as "The Old Maids" because it was run by sisters, but how many sisters two or three?
Also it was well known for the staff of the steam loco to purchase a jug of ale on the way up the valley and hand in the empty on the way back.
Anyone have any stories or comment....
Les
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- Re: Pubs -- Freda Griffiths - Nee Silk, Mon, Apr 23 2001, 1:10:08
- Re: Pubs -- Les, Mon, Apr 23 2001, 8:00:57
- Re: Pubs -- Bill Hancock, Wed, Apr 25 2001, 20:57:57
- Re: Pubs -- Les, Thu, Apr 26 2001, 15:15:54
- Re: Pubs -- Freda Griffiths, Thu, Apr 26 2001, 23:40:00
- Re: Pubs -- Bill Hancock, Fri, Apr 27 2001, 2:52:42
- Re: Pubs -- Les, Fri, Apr 27 2001, 8:38:32
- Re: Pubs -- THE HUTCH, Sun, May 06 2001, 10:13:29
- Re: Pubs -- Mike Callaghan, Sat, Aug 11 2001, 14:05:14
- Re: Pubs -- les, Sat, Aug 11 2001, 17:10:03
- Re: Pubs -- Bill., Wed, Aug 22 2001, 3:29:24
- Re: Pubs -- Mike Callaghan, Sat, Oct 13 2001, 4:35:27
- Re: Pubs -- Bill., Sun, Oct 14 2001, 19:21:32
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family tree -- Roy Jones (Gilbert), Sat, Sep 22 2001, 8:05:26
I am tracing my family tree and was wondering if anybody had any information/pictures of my family? My mother was born in 17 Gwern Berthi Road, in 1934, her Parents were James (Jim) GILBERT and Esther Doreen ASSIRATTI. Would anybody remember or know anything about the ASSIRATTI'S (arrived in Cwmtillery during the 1920's from Naples, Italy). John & Maria, Lena, Esther, Ron, Luigi, or Guiseppe (Joe). They later ran a Fish & Chip restaurant in Cwmtillery? All help is much appreciated.
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- Family History.(Milton,Adams,West.) -- Mrs Glenda Kirby., Thu, Oct 04 2001, 0:40:13
If only every website was like yours,how easy research would be.
My g.g.grandparents Sarah and John Milton,moved to cwmtillery in the 1860s from Porlock with half the population of Somerset.He was a coke burner with the South Wales Coal Co,and was killed aged 50 above ground,by a coal truck he was moving into a siding,his widow lived into her 90s in Brookside Row.Their daughter Jane married James Adams in 1882,He was a Banksman who as a result of a fall at the pit was rendered insensible for the rest of his life.They had lots of girls whose names I dont know except my grandmother,Sarah Ann,and Lizzie,and Marie.
Sarah Ann married Frank West,whose parents had a grocers
shop At Woodland Terrace.He was a miner,but Im not sure of
the Pit.They lived at 15 Greenmeadow Terrace.I see he has a mention on your research of St Pauls church,where he was for a time churchwarden.His duties included gravedigging,he was also stand in organist and choirmaster.The 1920sand 30s
saw hard times for every one,particularly as families were large.Ike West, the eldest of their children remained in Tillery St,when the rest of the family left for Devon,in 1926.He and his wife Crid had two daughters Beryl and Jean.My Mum Doris went to Gelly Grug school.
As a kid I loved to visit Tillery St,the novelty of gaslight(downstairs),candles upstairs.Back kitchen precariously up on stilts.Even more shaky wooden slat steps way down to the back garden below,and down the
path to the privy with your bucket of water.,but the greatest wonder was the fire,big and bright,mottled red legs
and freezing backs.Happy days.
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- old playing mates -- john meredith, Wed, Oct 03 2001, 5:19:53
i am writing for a old mate who used to play rugby for the saracens a long while ago he would like to know if any of is old mates are still around is name is Irvin screen. i think he was on commitee before he left for australia.anyway fellers if you knew him drop me a line and i will pass it on. john meredith (skinner)!!!
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- memories -- john meredith, Wed, Oct 03 2001, 14:02:45
hi Mervyn are you any relation to gwyn davies deceast. he was a good mate of mine. i don,t now if he played for abertillery but i know he played for blaena gwent. i also knew bernard jones although i don,t think bernard would remember me i used to work with his wife rosie.if you are the person i am looking for you lived at No6 park villas top end of carlyle st hope so i lived in 61 glandwr st all the best john
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- Any old pals -- Jmmy edwards from Abertillery, Sat, Aug 04 2001, 18:43:52
well i lived in Queen street Abertillery and did a lot of my courting days up CWMTILLERY. ANY OLD PALS LET ME KNOW
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- Lost family members -- Maureen Moss, Sun, Aug 26 2001, 13:40:58
Roberts Row:- Does anyone remember a family by the name of Howells who lived in Roberts Row up to the 1930's. Mother Eliza, father William. They had a large family and moved with some of them to the Coventry area, though I have been informed some of the offspring stayed behind in Cwmtillery and surrounding areas having already been married by then with their own families.
Here are some of the names I have:- William,Anyryn,Idris (who I believe is still alive in Devises),Crad,a violinist,Annie May (married name Atkins poss.in Abertillery),Gladys,Gwen,Maud,Credwyn (Babe) and Phyllis. They were my Mum's cousins and I am trying to complete a family tree down from their grandparents Morgan who came from Blaenavon. I would be grateful for any info. Maureen
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- War years -- Maureen Moss, Sat, Aug 25 2001, 17:05:43
I left Cwmtillery in 1941 bound for a small village near Bristol because my Dad had been invalided out of the colliery - his name was Bill Davies and his ome was in Gwern Berthi Rd. He had worked all his life at the colliery, either at the coal face when he said his father ran a 'heading'. He went down at 12yrs old in approx 1913, and later on looked after the ponies. He would tell me about when the time came for them to be brought to the surface he would have to blindfold them underground before they were put into the cages and he was only allowed to take the blindfolds off when they were up at 'farm fields' which I believe were by the lakes.
I also remember a tired, dirty and frightened little girl being brought to our home on West Bank, an evacuee from London, and how I welcomed a 'sister', being an only child was unusual in the community. She stayed for a little while unti her mother could not bear to be parted from her. I wonder if she survived the war. Her name was Ruth. We left shortly after this and lost all contact with them. Memories!!!!!
Maureen
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- Cwmtillery Colliery. -- Bill., Wed, Jul 18 2001, 5:29:39
Hello Les,
Some questions to ask your Father-in-law. Which district was the farthest away from pit bottom? The Threequarter, or the Garw? What was the distance of the Threequarter from pit bottom? and what was the distance of the Garw from pit bottom. Approximately.
That should get the old memory banks churning.
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- ST Pauls -- Divada Williams, Mon, Jul 30 2001, 12:12:54
Hi Les.
Since the last time that i droped you a line we have change our internet to the above provider.
looking at some of the messages i noted that st pauls Church was mentioned and it brought back memorys as i attended sunday servises there and went to the choir practice on a tuesday after School.
Keep up the good work as i enjoy reading all about the old places even although we have been away since 1972 we are now living in Australia.
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- Red Ash Level -- Boyo, Thu, May 03 2001, 17:56:58
Does anyone remember the old level when it was working? I remember the journeys going up and down the incline and the men running down the hill with their ponies at the end of the shift. I don't know if the level was still operating then or if they were salvaging equipment. This would have been late 40s early 50s. That's dating myself isn't it now!
The men would hold each others ponies while they lined up at the office for their pay packet. We were only toddlers at the time but we got a kick our of being close to the ponies.
Also, does anyone remember the tunnel that run underneath the old green? It carried pipes from the lakes to the colliery. It started at the overflow at the bottom end of the lake and run to the old concrete settling ponds that were at the lower end of the green next to the haulage house for the level. Adventurous boys would sometimes travel this tunnel with the aid of a candles. Of course we would never have done that!!!
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- Re: Red Ash Level -- Les, Fri, May 04 2001, 8:12:17
- Re: Red Ash Level -- THE HUTCH, Sun, May 06 2001, 10:01:52
- Re: Red Ash Level -- lesley butcher, Fri, May 18 2001, 20:33:51
- Re: Red Ash Level -- hutch, Tue, May 29 2001, 23:15:57
- Snooker Hall -- Les, Mon, Jun 04 2001, 18:46:13
Snooker Hall and then Roller Skating Hall, its location West Bank. Now two new houses occupies the same area??
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- old times -- Stuart Hutchings, Thu, Apr 12 2001, 15:43:56
Hi every one,nice to see the old homestead on the net I remember Chunkie and David and Martin Fry .They were great times running around cwmtillery. does anyone remember swimming in the blue bottle.I joined the army at 15 and have been around the world a bit,now live in Abercynon midglamorgan.I don`t suppose anyone will remember me, will keep my eye on the website
HUTCH.
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- Message to George & Nigel Paul -- Hilda & Ken Morley, Sun, Apr 15 2001, 18:23:58
George & Nigel:
Browsing through the messages came across your reply posted in March to our message posted earlier and wish to thank you for replying.
Also please remember us to your Mam and Dad as we have happy memories of them.
Let us have your e-mail address so that we can e-mail you direct. ( Ours is: kmorley105@aol.com )
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- My Great Grandfather born in Cwmtillery -- Tony Meighan, Mon, Apr 23 2001, 11:27:43
On the 23rd April 1869,My GGfather was born in Cwmtillery,
He was to be the first son of Samuel & Harriet Horler.
Today I remember his birth and the town that was his
childhood home.
Tony Meighan in Bright Victoria Australia
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- Hello to all the Cwmtillery/Abertillery Migrants - residents -- Freda Griffiths - Nee Silk, Mon, Mar 26 2001, 22:50:38
I am so pleased to have found this site, thank you once again Les for setting up and maintaining it, your time and hard work are really appreciated, by me,my cousin and niece,(Denise Silk of the same schools but late 1950's)in Australia. I went to the "Crown" infants school in the early 40's and then on to Cock 'n Chick late 40's leaving Gelli Crug in 1954. I would love to hear from any one that attended same time as me. I have a couple of school photos and I can't put names to every one in them. I have lots and lots of memories of all the places mentioned here and more. My Grandparents Sarah and Henry Wright lived in West Bank, my parents Fred and Maud Silk moved to Alma Street, (close to Wallaces Lane) when they married in the mid 20's. I played all over Cwmtillery & Penybont particularly over the Washery and old coke ovens site, with many a dip in the old feeder tanks. I would really like news of Gary and Margaret Ace who used to live in Brynmorgan terrace or any of the other "Kids" that were in the gang there. I remember the Tombs family and also the Gilsons.
I could go on forever, and really look forward to hearing from anyone that remembers me or my older brothers, Ivor and Bob Silk.
God keep you all safe and warm there
Freda Griffiths
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- Re: Hello to all the Cwmtillery/Abertillery Migrants - residents -- Les Harber, Tue, Mar 27 2001, 21:07:56
- Re: Hello to all the Cwmtillery/Abertillery Migrants - residents -- Lesley Butcher formally Young, Sat, Mar 31 2001, 7:00:46
- Re: Hello to all the Cwmtillery/Abertillery Migrants - residents (NT) -- Mavis Meredith nee Hancock., Sat, Apr 07 2001, 18:27:43
- Re: Hello to all the Cwmtillery/Abertillery Migrants - residents -- Mavis Hancock formally Meredith., Sat, Apr 07 2001, 18:40:15
- Congratulations! -- Ray Bevan, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:44:47
During the school holidays in Aber I used to help Cecil Morgan with his Co-op milk round and I have fond memories of going to the Co-op bakery in Cwmtillery on Saturday
mornings to collect a basket of bread. If I close my eyes I can still smell that hot bread to this day. Congratulations on your site.
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- cwmtillery web site -- Hilda & Ken Morley, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:22:18
Congratulations Les on your Cwmtillery Web Site site. It certainly brings back many happy memories. In 1948 I started work in the Drawing offices at Cwmtillery Colliery as a Colliery Draughtsman after serving two years in the
British Army. Worked there until 1955 when I was transferred to the Central Offices in Abercarn. We remain in contact with Abertillery via the Abertillery RFC web site that Dr. David Llewellyn runs and now we look forward to visiting your site. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your Family from Vegas Vegas Morley's ( Hilda & Ken )
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- QUERIES -- Jan Dench, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 23:09:06
two queries. first is did you Les receive my cheque and the second is about colliery manager. Which manager was known as the White Hunter? I am unaware of this nickname.
Jan Dench
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- ilsons milk round -- Tony Mills, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 23:03:47
I went to Gelli Grug and Nantyglo Comprehensive with Huw Gilson who's family had a milk round in the Tillery Street area of Cwmtillery. Do they still deliver the 'white stuff' to coin a phrase?
Tony Mills
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- cwmtillery lakes -- Lesley Butcher, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 23:00:47
Just another quick memory! Can anyone else remember swimming in the Lakes and playing in the old stone 'bridge' that was there? And damming up the old sheep dip at the west
side of the lakes so that we could swim in that too? It makes me shudder to think what we could have caught to make us ill. Of course we were forbidden by rightly concerned parents to go near either, but we were kids after all!
Regards Lesley Butcher
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- Bridge End Inn -- David T Davies, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:52:18
My great grandparents, John and Sarah Williamson kept the Bridge End Inn, Cwmtillery circa 1900, after returning from Philadelphia. John Williamson also built Spring Cottages, where I was born in No. 3 in January 1932. I would be
interested to receive any information about the pub and my great grandparents.
David T Davies, Keynsham, Bristol c/o (JeanJeanandray@aol.com)
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- Chivers Family -- ngharad, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:49:58
Hi, I am in the process of tracing my family history. My great-grandfather, Joseph Chivers (married to Mary Chivers) was one of the first winders at Cwmtillery pit. His
son or brother was involved in a fatal accident, falling down the pit shaft. I have contacted the Abertillery website re: chivers and the brewery up at Cwmtillery. Any one with any information - I would be grateful for any extra
information regarding the family.
Best Wishes, Angharad
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- Marion & Len-Toronto Canada -- Lesley Butcher, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:48:07
Dear Marion & Len, I read on the pictures page of the Cwmtillery Web Site that you lived in Gwern Berthi Road, near the Post Office. I wondered if you knew my Grandparents Gwyn & Olga Young? they lived in no32 with my
Great Grandparents George & Alice Tombs. My father was Desmond, sadly they are all dead now. Also my dad had an aunt Audrey Tombs(formally Cox)who also lived in Gwern Berthi Road,but she emigrated to Scarborough near Toronto
Canada,with her Husband Bill,some 45 years ago. She still lives there but Uncle Bill died some years ago, she is 70 now but still going strong I look forwards to hearing from you
Kind Regards Lesley Butcher(formally Young)
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- memories -- Lisa and Jayne Watkins, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:43:10
My Grandfather Malcolm Aubrey who has now sadly passed away, used to work as a welder on the surface of Cwmtillery pit during the 50's. I would be interested to know if there is anyone who remembers this wonderful man and can share some memories with me and my mother.
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- memories -- Mervyn Davies, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:41:19
Looking at the opening photograph brought back many happy memories. Mainly during the 50's I lived in one of the Roseheyworth Avenues. To keep fit my friend, Bernard Jones,
and I used to run up the Roseheyworth side of the "Cock and Chick" mountain along the top,roughly in a NE direction and then down into the valley shown in the photograph then down through the valley past the lakes towards the old
colliery, then finally along the roads to the "Cock and Chick" school back to the avenues. I wish I could do it now. This is a wonderful site, many thanks and well done.
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- Cock & Chick School -- Divada Williams, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:37:29
Dear Les.
With great sadness That i read about the Cock and Chick
School. Burning down as i was a pupil There in 1952. and enjoyed myself.I would like to hear from enybody that was there at that time. We lived at George
Daggers Ave. Untill my marriage,in 1964 whan we moved to Abergaving then to Brynmawr untill Emergrating to New Zealand in 1972.Where we lived for 23years.Befor we got ichy feet and went to Tonga For a year to work.After that
we could not settle down. We went to Saudi Arabia to work for 4 years. Now we
have Retired in Australia to be whith our Two Children and Four Grand Children.I still enjoy the internet and going into the sits on Abertillery.Thank you Les for making the site. Regards Divada.
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- cwmtillery -- Keri Harrhy, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:34:38
May I congratulate you on the photographs of snow covered Cwmtillery and, area - I
must say that the one of the footbridge looks a real 'chocolate box' photo!!!!
I left Abertillery late 1982 to move to Pontypool and, in 1991 'emigrated' to England. My family still lives in Cwmtillery/Roseheyworth/Six Bells and,
Croespenmaen and, being 200 miles away, we don't get to see one another as often as we would like. Please keep putting photographs of 'home' on your site - and, any news/information that you may think that us 'foreigners' would like. My husband (Dawson) was brought up in Gwern Berthi Road - and, we used to walk over to Roseheyworth (via. Wallaces Lane) in all weathers - I well remember the
miners strike of the 1970's walking up Roseheyworth Road in the pitch-black !!!!! Anyway - all the best with your site Regards and, Best Wishes for the
21st Century. Keri Harrhy
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- memories of -- none, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:28:40
I am visiting my sister and she showed me the web site which I was most interested in.I lived in Cwmtillery until I got married. Our garden adjoined the colliery area. I used to walk through the colliery area to go to Blaentillery School.I
was also married in the West Bank Methodist Chapel. We used to look forward to
our Friday threepence (one and a quarter new pence) which was our weekly pocket
money. Life was poor but we were happy.
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- none -- JoeBonin, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:24:12
I have been e-mailing to Allen Madden for a while and he has told me something about the area he lives in, but the pictures show a lot more. One picture is worth a thousand words, pretty area. I'm in souther California USA.
Joe Bonin
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- cwmtillery -- D, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:16:57
I was most interested in the web site because my father worked in Cwmtillery pit before there were any pit baths.
He used to walk home to Abertillery still in
his pit clothes and had to bath in front of the fire. Eventually, he moved to Cwmtillery and we lived near The
South Wales Inn. Then came the pit baths which
made life much easier.He used to take the horses up to the fields by the lakes for their holidays when the miners had theirs. I was married in the West Bank for their holidays when the miners had theirs. I was married in the West Bank for their holidays when the miners had theirs. I was married in the West Bank Methodist Chapel and would love to see a photograph of the chapel.
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- no subject -- Jan Dench, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:11:50
The J.B.initials stand for Jim Blake, my grandfather, his mates painted his initials on the bell.( P.S.This is the second time posting this message, I received a
message last time saying it was successful but it is still not there)
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- Dreams -- Jan Dench, Fri, Feb 23 2001, 22:09:03
Cwmtillery is a place that lies in my heart and in my dreams, thank you for placing it on my computer as
well.
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