Gilfach Goch, Children's Playing Ground c.1955
Photo ref:
G177024
Photo ref:
G177024
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A weekend or holiday for the many children making good use of the slide and swings in this view. The lines of washing though would point to the traditional Monday chore on this older estate. In this region the fertile farmland ascends to the top of the hill, and it is pleasing to note hedgerows, not stone walls, dividing the fields.
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A Selection of Memories from Gilfach Goch
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 Gilfach Goch
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I was born at 15 Scotch Row and named Alan Blight in 1927. My dad was William John and my mother was Mary Ann nee Suter. I had two younger brothers, Richard and Vincent. I went to Gilfach Goch mixed school and remember my standard 5 teacher, Miss Evelyn James. I can still quote the poems that she taught me 80 years ago! I worked at the Britannic mine after my RAF service finished in 1948. I met my wife Majorie on the ...see more
i was born in 1943 in Gilfach, it was wartime and dad was overseas, mum pregnant left oxford and went home to have me, nan was Elizabeth Harris and lived in the high street, her husband Bill Harris died in Galipoli in the first world war, mums brother Bill Harris was a soldier and captured at duncerk, I used to go to Gilfach when I could as I am a Welshman abeit with a Devon accent, over the last 30 years I have been ...see more
Does anyone know, or knew, a Megan Griffiths who lived in Gilfach?
I was born in 7 Hill Street, Garden City in 1930. I attended Hendreforgan school from 1934-1944, as did my three sisters and three brothers. Mr.Lewis was the Headmaster. On leaving school at 14 I worked for 3 years in the Britannic Colliery, Gilfach Goch, dangerous times, lovely mates, would not of missed it. From there I went to work for Great Western Railway in Westbury, Wiltshire for 50 years. (I use to ...see more
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