The Last Decade. Throughout the 1990’s the Liberal Snooker club, though still successful in the Abergavenny Snooker League, went into decline. Many older members had passed away and the club reached out to the younger generation which only had a minimal effect. Sadly, the Liberal Club’s successful past could never be regained and with the loss of many members, lack …
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A Side……. Livin’ Thing B Side……. Fire On High Label/No……. United Artists SPL-10129 Pressed in ……. Yugoslavia Notes……. The photograph on the sleeve is printed backwards and is the same image as used on the Spanish, Belgian and Portuguese Livin’ Thing sleeves.
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A Side……. Livin’ Thing B Side……. Fire On High Label/No……. United Artists SPL-10129 Pressed in ……. Yugoslavia Notes……. Different labels text layout. The photograph on the sleeve is printed backwards and is the same image as used on the Spanish, Belgian and Portuguese Livin’ Thing sleeves.
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Abertillery Rugby Football Club. There is a consensus that the Abertillery Rugby Football Club was formed in 1883. I have thoroughly searched all newspaper reports from that time but can’t find any information or details of their set-up. The earliest mention of the team in official reports that are available is in 1885 when the Abertillery Rugby Football Team were …
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Abertillery v Australia Rugby Football Club – December 1908. The Visit by the Wallabies. During the 1907-08 season, the Abertillery Rugby Football Team won the Monmouthshire League with a record of – Played 37 games and won 31, losing six. They amassed a total of 436 points for with only 104 points against. On June 24th, 1908, at a meeting at …
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The Australian “Wallabies” Rugby Football Tour of the British Isles – The team that played Abertillery in 1908. The Abertillery Team held the Wallabies to a 3-3* draw and set two records at the time. The first team to hold the Aussies to a draw and that it was the first time the Wallabies failed to cross an opponents line. …
Read More »Mr Alfred Prosser Williams 1849-1932. Mr Alfred Prosser Williams – A. P. Williams born on 25th of March 1849, was one of Abertillery’s most renowned building contractors. He constructed the new Market Hall building, the Globe Hotel, the St Michaels Vicarage in Church Street and also re-built St Michaels Church, he built the Co-operative Store in Church Street. He built …
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The First Reading Rooms at Abertillery in 1856. Long before Mr Thomas Wilde Powell came to the valley, education was at the forefront of the long-term planning for the town’s workforce by the industrialists. One of these who pushed for education was Sir Thomas Phillips, he fought for the Welsh language and worked closely with Messrs T. P. & D. …
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Lady Christiana Jane Herringham nee Powell. Miss Christiana Powell, born 1852, married Physician Sir Wilmot Parker Herringham K.C.M.G., C.B. (1855-1936) on the 1st of September 1880 at the Parish Church, Guildford, Surrey. Sir Wilmot Parker Herringham was awarded the (Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, a British order of chivalry that honours individuals for their service …
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ALBUM……. Greatest Hits. Label/No……. Epic 450357-1. Pressed in……. United Kingdom. SIDE 1 Evil Woman. Livin’ Thing. Cant Get It Out Of My Head. Showdown. Turn To Stone. Rockaria. SIDE 2 Sweet Talkin’ Woman. Telephone Line. Ma Ma Ma Belle. Strange Magic. Mr Blue Sky. Notes…….
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