Abertillery

Dave · Abertillery

Have this photo from a visit in the 60s is it still there ? Dave

Carolyn

Yep it is although it's been tarted up a bit since then

Dave

Thanks again Carolyn Smile

Dave

Dave

This one taken around the same as the first one, in Abertillery I believe, a bit quiet, Dave

geraldjames

Hi Dave,
I believe thats the hill leading to Llanhilleth
Cheers

Dave

Thanks geraldjames, as a long time ago, and only visiting family roots, is the area of pic still in Abertillery ? Dave

geraldjames

Hi Dave,
Just south of Aber aprox 2 miles
cheers

Dave

geraldjames Thanks Dave

jools

Great picture of Llan.

Not a pothole in site...those were the days! Wink

The bill board is not there anymore - can't recall it at all and I am in my forties!
Laughing

Dave

jools thanks I believe that was in the 60s Dave

Carolyn

I would have said 60's or late 60' maybe early 70's I remember it well especially that particular add

Dave

Carolyn thinking about it it might have been the early 70s Dave

Carolyn

I would have so so since I trotted down that way daily to take my kids to sixbells nursery

Dave

In the last pic, was there a Garage at the bottom of the hill on the left, Dave

Mary Ann

Carolyn

You are right that is the one I was thinking of senior moment there maybe that one was late 60's early 70's on my way to work. The adds were the same. I just remember that particular add and the many billboards that used to be around to catch your eye as you passed on the bus. I have a photo somewhere of the ones where the library is now. Wonder if bill poster ever got prosecuted Laughing

Haydn

WOW! Its either the perspective or my memory but I would swear that looks so much like Alexandra Road in the direction of Six Bells. The stone wall on the left would have been at the bottom of a steep grassy bank with Richmond Road at the top. The railing on the right was the top fence of the derelict Vivian pit. Somewhere either before it or after it was Barrels Warehouse. The first few buildings on the right in the picture were a mixture of shops and houses. I remember the barber and a butcher who was the father of my best mates mum, best mate David Griffin from Marlborough Road.
Someone said there might be a garage down on the left? There was a garage set back from the road at the bottom of the Doctors steps.
What I cant make out is why it looks like the hill goes up at the far end? If it is Six Bells you should be able to see the Presbyterian Chapel half way down that road.
On the other hand it doesnt look like Llanhilleth either! Im sure the houses al the way down on the left have smaller walls and gates every 4 or 5 meters.
I will send the pic to Llanhilleth Girl for confirmation.

Dave

Thanks for the feed back, I remember somewhere about a garage, due to very low fuel in the Tank, and with the hills we would come to a stop, Dave

martyn142

Definitely Llan hill and not Alexandra Road.

Carolyn

Definitly Llan despite my bo bo. You can see St. Marks at the bottom of the hill on the left

Dave

This one L to R Mom, Dad (Edward St) and a Auntie(Gaen St) late 60s up the Cock n Chick as the name I was told, is it still as that name ?
have a few recent pics from the same area I believe Dave

martyn142

Hi Dave - thanks for yet another great photo. I wouldn't stake my life on it but it looks more like Church Lane on the opposite side of the valley to me?

Dave

martyn142 myself only going by memory, was a long time ago, just glad not boring anyone Smile

Dave

martyn142

I could well be wrong anyway - I don't recall any telegraph poles along Church Lane. Definitely not boring anyway! Very Happy

Dave

This one on the same walk, I believe

Mary Ann

martyn142

Yep. I think you are both right and the scond is obviously from Cock and Chick.

Dave

Mary Ann Thank you, have a fairly recent one taken from the same area as the second old pic, will find it out and post it, might post the two together, to compare, on a last visit with our Auntie, a few years ago, same Auntie as in the first pic up the Cock n Chick, we drove up there past Auntie`s old school, Auntie still remembered it, school demolished later and houses there, glad that the name Cock n Chick is true, my Dad told us that as lads they would go up there to play cards, Thanks Dave

Mary Ann

Yes Dave, I can remember when we were kids in tthe early 40's playing on the mountain above Top Rows ( part of the Cock and Chick mountain) and coming across groups of men playing cards in the quarry . Perhaps your Dad was amongst them!!

Mary Ann

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I thought Dave and Haydn would like to see what the former site of the Six Bells Colliery looks like now. I took this picture yesterday whilst
out doggy walking.

Mary Ann

SORRY! That didn't work. I have never tried to send a picture before.
I need some serious instruction. Can anyone help?

Dave

Mary Ann will find out tomorrow when the Family left Abertillery,
Would like to see any photo`s of the area, have matched the old one on the Cock n Chick and on a May 2007 visit, might post the May one separate also, glad the name Cock n Chick is right, was it a nickname or the correct name ? Dave

Dave

Mary Ann I use the IMG code on Photobucket, hope that helps Smile

Dave

geraldjames

Hello Dave,
I believe the photo of mam dad and aunt may be the lane that runs along the mountain behind attlee avenue,probably just after the trees were planted.The lane is now upgraded and the forest fully grown,at the end of the path is a large picnic area which is to the rear of Arail View.

Mary Ann

Dave

Mary Ann thanks saved it as full screen Smile

Dave

Dave

Geraldjames this one passed the school, was only a track further on, long time ago Dave

geraldjames

hello dave,
the path i'm talking about is below the school and to the right where ossie bruten's farm was
cheers

M.J.D.

A bit late but hear is Commercial Rd LLanilleth 2007

Carolyn

Bryn Trefil

Hi Dave I see you are a bit hit with the ladies. Cool

Mary Ann has been a member since last Dec and rarely participates in the forum, although she uses the pm service on a regular basis almost daily. Maybe your photos are the big draw. Laughing

Mary Ann, just copy the image link from photobucket, imageshack or Tiny pic and past it into the forum reply. The is no need to use the image code in the forum it'self

Dave

Bryn Trefil Just pleased my postings have been of interest for other members to respond, I do like to return to the area, last time down there 1st March we looked at a house (abertillery) that our Great Grandmother was living in (1923) for the first time, only found the info recently, any bit of info helps Smile

Dave

Dave

M.J.D. thanks for that pic, saved will show Family Smile

Dave

Dave

This one taken early 60s I believe, in the same area

martyn142

That's the main road through Llanhilleth - Commercial Road, looking North. You can see Christchurch Aberbeeg, where the hospital was based in the distance.

Keep 'em coming Dave Very Happy

And don't give up Mary, it's practice which makes perfect after all! Very Happy

Haydn

Crikey! that brought back some memories. If I remember correctly the structure after the bus stop on the left is the steps down to Aberbeeg? If so then that bus stop was a scheduled stop for the Red & White not a request stop. When my dad was an inspector he used to hide in the shelter and step out at the last minute to catch drivers who didnt stop because they were behind schedule! Lovely chap my dad!!
Any members who worked for the Red & White, Jones, Ralphs or Henley Id love to hear from you. Does anyone have a picture of the Cottonwood or the Bush Hotel?

M.J.D.

The Cottonwood and Bush Hotel

Dave

Sorry martyn142 last one of the roads, pity I did not take more, as pictures then are history today Smile

Thanks for the info on the pics Smile

and the roads where quiet Smile

Haydn memorious thats life, have a few of some pit area`s and up on top of the Cock n Chick (I believe) post some time Dave

Bryn Trefil

Haydn

When I lived at my nans in Glan Ebbw Terrace I used to call in to the Cottonwood for a Steak and Kidney pie. The pie was heated in a special pan that fitted on the steam nozzle of the coffee machine. This made the pie hot but quite soggy....the chap who ran it then was foreign, maybe Italian.
Does anyone know of a Jane Morgan who owned the Bush Hotel at the turn of the last century?

martyn142

Dave

just a few years ago, the school that my auntie remembered on the way up to the Cock n Chick, last time there houses on the site

Carolyn

Carolyn

Dave

Again from the late 60s early 70s, have a few similar , I believe up the Cock n Chick

Dave

Up the Cock n Chick

Dave

On top of the Cock n Chick Question

martyn142

That's what we called the American Tipper Dave. No idea why it was named that though? Question

Dave

Thanks martyn142 Dave

martyn142

In my younger days representatives of St Paul's Church carried a cross to the top of the tip at Easter. Must have been quite a haul since I remember scrabbling up the shail myself many times and it was hard enough work without lugging a big cross with you.

Dave

From the same area I believe

wonder what it is like now

Dave

ADRIAN last time down there 10th Jan this year, only in the Rhiw Parc area for a quick visit, those pics I took late 60s or early 70s I can`t remember exactly where but in the Abertillery area, was that a locker at Big Pit belonging to Max Boyce I seen ?,
Granddad born in Blaenavon, Dad born in Abertillery Smile

Dave,
next Sat down to Aberfan

Dave

Big Pit been down twice, we expect family to have worked down there, once a miner always a miner

Dave

Dave

Max Boyce locker at Big Pit

Haydn

I lived in Glan Ebbw Terrace with my nan, and grancha, Galdys and Nobby Ford, for about a year when my mum and dad split up. Im unsure of the year but I was sent to the British so I must have been about 8 or 9 yrs. At this time the tin works was still operational, the Gaiety was closed, the Palace was still a cinema, the Bush was still a proper hotel and trains still used the track behind nans house. I dont remember any other kids in Glan Ebbw. I spent most of my free time playing with my nans dog, Lady, on the pavement outside the house.
My dad was one of the people chasing kids out of the depot in Carlyle St before he took early retirement from the R&W buses.
Every xmas when I was little there was a big party held either in the Ralphs Club or once I think in the Remploy building up the park. One year I won the dancing competition, twisting to Chubby Checkers 'Lets twist again' Another year I remember going up to get a present from Santa and announcing to the room that Santa was my dad in disguise!

Dave

Carolyn would that be the American Tipper in the pic you posted on the Mon March 30th Question

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This one in the same area of the American Tipper

Dave

Always smile when i see this Smile

Dave

Up on top, a bit bleak back then

Carolyn

Yes it was a photo of the American Tipper. I have a photo somewhere of them carrying the cross up on Easter and another with the cross in situ. I know I have the neg but just unable to find the print right now

Dave

Carolyn Thanks Smile

Dave

This might be the American Tipper up close

Dave

Any help with this photo, handed down in the family, only info that it was in Abertillery

Thanks Dave

glen chappelle

Looks like Martyn's father John Thomas in the centre foreground. What do you think Martyn?

martyn142

Hi Glen

I just got off the phone to Sue Very Happy

I'll make a point of popping down to see you over the next couple of weeks - I am sure Sue explained why I hadn't got back to you before now.

Anyway yes I am pretty certain the man in the light suit and glasses is my dad. I've no idea where it was taken though or what the event was. Presumably Dave one of your relatives is on there too - small world! Thanks very much for posting it Dave.

Dave

martyn142, I believe the pic belonged to my Grand Dad, going to take the pic tomorrow to show it to my cousin, also my Dad always spoke of Six Bells, we will look closely at the gent second from the right, just blown it up a bit on the comp, the ones in the front linking arms Dave

geraldjames

Hello
Top left of photo looks like cock and chick school so photo would depict gwern berthi rd lots of marches took this route up and around cwmtillery.
Cheers

Dave

Thanks for that geraldjames Dave

Dave

Still reading the threads Smile

after seeing the pic of the the old School and the brickwork, reminded of this pic, this pic handed down in the family with no info, but believe it`s Abertillery, any help Thanks Dave