A Side……. It’s Over. B Side……. Sweet Talkin’ Woman. Label/No……. Jet BA 461917. Pressed in ……. New Zealand. Notes…….

ALBUM……. ELO. Label/No……. Jet PZ-35461. Pressed in……. Canada. SIDE 1 10538 Overture. Look At Me Now. Nellie Takes Her Bow. The Battle Of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644). SIDE 2 First Movement (Jumping Biz). Mr Radio. Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre). Queen Of The Hours. Whisper In The Night. Notes…….

The South Wales Inn – Cwmtillery. The South Wales Inn was located on the main road from Abertillery to Cwmtillery on the western side of the valley. It was amongst the row of terraced houses owned by the South Wales Colliery Company. The building, with its frontage showing a front porch and a small sign over the door, was facing …

North Celynen Colliery. The North Celynen Colliery was sunk by the Newport Abercarn Black Vein Steam Coal Company between 1908 and 1916. In January 1908 at a meeting in connection with a proposed recreation ground at Crumlin, the councillors heard that Kay Field, one of the options for a park, was out of the question as it had been promised …

The Ballot for the Pithead Baths. In July 1929 a Ballot was held for the construction of a pithead baths at the North Celynen Colliery. The votes cast were as follows – 642 votes for and 525 votes against. This close result was quite normal as most of the colliers did not want to bathe at work. The Opening Ceremony …

ALBUM……. The Light Shines On. Label/No……. Harvest 1 C-054-06 292. Pressed in……. Germany. SIDE 1 Roll Over Beethoven. In Old England Town (Instrumental). Look At Me Now. Momma. Showdown. SIDE 2 Mr Radio. The Battle Of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644). Whisper In The Night. 10538 Overture. Notes…….

Church Street Bus Bay – Abertillery. As Church Street was the main road through the valley and the center of a busy town, a bus bay had long been needed for passenger heading north. There was a sort of an official bus stop on the pavement opposite the vicarage, It was on the roadside behind metal railings but it was …

Mr William John Clapp. Mr William John Clapp (1833-1902). Mr W. J. Clapp, Surgeon to the Tillery Collieries and Nantyglo Iron Works and inventor, was born in 1833 at Exeter Devon, England. The son of Mr William Murray Clapp and Mary Ann Clapp nee Cooke. His father Mr W. M. Clapp was an Ironmonger, Coal Merchant and Colliery proprietor of …

The Cottonwood Cafe. On Monday 27th October 1947, the Cottonwood Cafe (as seen in the main featured image) was opened. The cafe was in the old post office building on High Street, the junction of High Street and Castle Street, at Bush Hill, Abertillery. The proprietors were Marenghi & Humphries, Tel- 259. History of the Building. The Cottonwood Cafe building …

Blaenau Gwent Workmens Club. The Blaenau Gwent Workmen’s Club was addressed 155 Alma Street, a shop premises, the end building on the approach to Lewis Street from Alma Street. The houses on Lewis Street were numbered 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43 which were a continuation of the Gaen Street house numbers. Number 155 Alma Street. In 1900, long before …