Ogmore Vale, St John The Baptist Church Interior c.1955

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All my fathers family came from Ogmore Vale he moved to England but every summer we had our holidays in Ogmore ,i remember the Lymp and the ice cream parlour next door i used to go about with Dia Griggs Titch Gregory and frank and roger hunt great times.I lived there for a while in the 50s we played down the new pits though we were not supposed to , i used stay at my aunts in bridge street i am trying to trace my cousin Brian Keagle hope some one can help . Cliff Keagle.

I never lived in Ogmore Vale but my parents and grandparents did. We went there for holidays and stayed in my grandparents house in 9 Highland Place. They were the Jones family. Grandfather was the organist and choir master at the Wesley chapel. He was a tailor by trade. My aunt was a teacher as was my mother May Jones. She was born in Nantymoel and also taught in a school there before she got married. It ...see more

I was born and brought up in Pembroke terrace and with number of lads of like age wandered the mountains through theSaucy ap and over to overlook the Rhondda . We would climb up an run down hills,run through rivers and ply cowboys and Indians on the pit tops of the Wyndham and Ocean collieries after Saturday mutineers at thtWorkmans Hall.Life was so free and rich even though a war was breaking out across Europe and ...see more

The old Miners Hall was my local library, I spent many happy hours in there not only browsing the bookshelves but talking to some of the old retired miners that met there most days. My Great Uncle was Alf Palfreman who was a councilor for the valley for about 50 years. I have always been incredibly proud of being a "valley girl". I was brought up in John Street, the longest street in Ogmore. At the top of the ...see more