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hello, the Severn Valley railway S&t department has some info on this signal box , but they call it Treffgarne signal box. would this be the box that controlled the siding into the quarry at Treffgarne. hope this helps, thanks for putting the photo up.
Many thanks to Len Urwin for bringing his intriguing story about Glyn Griffiths and the mysterious book by Henry Milton into the public domain. I have long been fascinated by Maes y Mynydd and have visited the place many times. For anyone interested in seeing more of the place there is a collection of photographs taken by me and a friend here on the Geograph UK website. Click on the images to enlarge them. https://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/list.php?label=Maes-y-mynydd&gridref=SM7428
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Tom Marcangelo was before Ian Hunter. He originally dispensed glasses in Hamilton Street (where Kinver Kreations now is situated) before moving to Castle Hill. When he left Hamilton Street JMB Travel occupied the building and if I am correct (please check) the building in Hamilton Street became the Tourist Information Centre before it moved into the Market Hall. The Marcangelos originally lived in Trelawney before moving above the West Street premises. Nicholas became a social worker whilst Richard is a professional drummer.
This was my dad’s shop. Can’t believe it’s nearly 40 years ago now!
This information is so interesting. Please keep it coming, my nan was born in the Wallis, Julia ahearne n/ harries
I’ve just shown my husband the photo of the Cave . “A cwm boy” Robert Murrow He used to play up by the mansion and remembers the narrow cave and also the pond.
Just came across this site and started looking through the pictures. Zoomed in and thought that could be my mum but she’d have only been 9 in 1948, but it does really look like her. And when I go to the names, there it is…. Heather Thomas. My mum x
The earlier article “A Mystery Group of Edwardians” appears to show Katie’s family at Poplars. Is she in the photograph?
Mr Lees also sold petrol near where today’s petrol station is situated – think it was Esso.
And if you take a look on Google satellite view you will clearly see the layout within the field –
Although ‘nothing now remains of the flats’ (for the employees at Trecwn), the sharp-eyed among us may still be able to make out the dilapidated remnant of a garden gate. See my photo from 2010 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2084033
My grandfather’s name was Tom Perkins. He is four people from the left of the photograph and five from the front. He worked in the Marine Stores at the Harbour and was one of the lifeboatmen who rescued the crew of the “Hermina” for which he received an RNLI bronze medal.
Never seen these photos before. It looks like that is the Parc Y Shwt well in the 1st photo.
You can also see the farms tree sticking out behind the house in the last photo.
Great photos!
Are you able to tell us which one is your grandfather so that we can add his name to the post?
Fascinating photograph – amazing to find out that so many people were employed by the railway in Goodwick. I even managed to find my maternal grandfather in the crowd.
The Official opening of the New Road through Wolfscastle took place on 2nd February 1928. It was opened by Col. the Right Hon Wilfred Ashley, M.P., Minister of Transport
This is great news. Flight times to the US could be cut by six minutes. Will further growth of the monorail extend to the Pembrokeshire capital ( Fishguard ) ? Is this going to paid for by a GoFundMe ?
The little white haired boy sitting in the rocker in the center of the 1970 photo is my brother, Paul Martin.
The photograph shows two lime kilns on the left . These disappeared with the building of the railway to Goodwick station in the mid 1890’s and the construction of a bridge leading from Wern road into Goodwick. There were hundreds of lime kilns situated in the harbours, inlets and creeks of Pembrokeshire. The lime was need to neutralise the acid in the soil. The lime would be brought in by wooden single masted sloops which would sail in at high tide. The anchor would be thrown overboard and the vessel would settle on the sand as the tide went out. A horse and cart would unload the lime to the lime kiln. Once the load was removed, the anchor would be drawn onboard, and the vessel would float out on the next high tide. Lime kilns were built at High Water Mark to minimise the time and cost of transporting the lime. Yet these two are several hundred yards from the beach and the High Water Mark. Why were they situated here?
Lovely to see a school photograph of my Dad, John Williams.
The “Pequod” was built as the 3 mast wooden topsail schooner “Ryelands” at Glasson Dock in 1887. She was originally 158 tons gross with dimensions 102.2′ x 22.0′ x 10.8′. Active under sail in the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel coastal trades for many years,”Ryelands” was fitted with an auxiliary diesel motor in about 1930.. Her film career began when she was rerigged as a barque and given 18th century style upperworks for the 1950 Disney film adaptation of ‘Treasure Island’ becoming the “Hispaniola”. Her role as Capt Ahab’s whaleship followed and she also appeared as a pirate ship in various other film and tv productions before becoming a tourist attraction at Great Yarmouth and later Morecambe, renamed “Moby Dick”. She was eventually broken up following fire damage in the early 1970s.
Ship is MV “Innisfallen” (1948, 3,705 grt) of the City of Cork Steam Packet Co, which ran between Fishguard and Cork until 1968.
The u/k girl at the right of the middle row is me, Tracey Martin. I lived at 30 Hoel Dyfed up until I was 9yrs old when we left Fishguard to live in Rowner before migrating to South Australia in ’72. Fishguard has always had a special place in my heart these past 53yrs(Hireath) as it holds the most dearest of childhood memories. I will never forget the night before we left Fishguard many neighbors came to our house to give us a Welsh send off with everyone singing “We’ll Keep A Welcome”. I’d like to say a big hello to Pauline & Linda. I remember you both well & thank you for taking good care of my guinea pigs 😊
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