ELO Electric Light Orchestra – News Clipping. It states the Electric Light Orchestra were banned by the Greater London Council from using lasers at their forthcoming concert at the New Victoria Theatre, London in June 1976. The concert at the New Victoria Theatre was originally planned to take place on Saturday 8th May 1976 but was cancelled. It was rescheduled …

Mr Joseph Simons. Mr Joseph Simons was born in 1864 at Galicia, Vienna, Austria. The family first came to Brynmawr in about 1881. In 1885 Mr Joseph Simons moved to Abertillery and married Miss Prescilla Lyons of Newport, Monmouthshire and opened a furniture business at Abertillery. On the various census records it stated that Mrs Prescilla Simons nee Lyons was …

Webb’s Aberbeeg – Stoneware Bottle. Messrs Webb’s Special Ale Beer Bottle.  Made from brown coloured glass. Size 8″ x 2 1/4″ inches. Dated 1950’s to 1970’s. 

Webb’s Aberbeeg – Stoneware Bottle. Messrs J. R. & T. A. Webb, Spirit Merchant, Aberbeeg, Nr Newport. Circa 1900. Size 20″ x 11″ inches. Capacity 4 gallon. Made for Messrs Webb by Messrs Price of Bristol. 

Webb’s Aberbeeg – Stoneware Bottle. Messrs Webb’s Aberbeeg Ltd, Brewers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Aberbeeg. Circa 1915. Size 12″ x 7″ inches. Capacity 1 gallon. Made for Messrs Webb by Messrs Hunt of Liverpool. 

Webb’s Aberbeeg – Stoneware Bottle. Messrs J. R. & T. A. Webb, Spirit Merchant, Aberbeeg, Nr Newport. Circa 1900. Size 13″ x 7″ inches. Capacity 1 gallon. Made for Messrs Webb by Messrs Price of Bristol. 

Mr Tom Evans – Jeweller. Mr Frederick Thomas Evans known as Tom Evans, was born in 1887 at Abertillery, the son of Francis and Elizabeth Evans proprietors of the Royal Oak Inn, Abertillery. The Jewel Box. In 1907 Mr Tom Evans opened a jewellery shop at 37 Church Street, Abertillery (as seen to the left in the main featured image …

Rose Heyworth Colliery Deaths. This list of deaths at the Rose Heyworth Colliery, Abertillery covers most of those reported in National and Local Newspapers. This page is fluid and will be updated as more information is received. 1882. Mr Daniel Hyde, aged 25. Died – August 1882. Cause of death – Mr Hyde tried to cross the pit while the …

Rose Heyworth Colliery Headgear.  In March 1875, during the sinking procedure at the Rose Heyworth Colliery, tenders (as seen left) were invited for the construction of a Pithead Frame. A typical pithead frame at this time was a pitch-pine wooden headgear with flat winding rope (as seen in the main featured image above) and rope guides to guide the cage …

Side A record 1……. My World Turns All Around Her – Johnny Winter Side A record 2……. Under My Thumb – Wayne Gibson Side B record 3……. Fly Now – Brian Protheroe. Side B record 4……. Can’t Get It Out Of My Head – E.L.O. Label/No ……. Super Sound Stereo/SP-035. Pressed in ……. Thailand Notes ……. There is an error with …