The Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record Tour 1977 Madison Square Garden, New York, USA Friday 11th February 1977. With Guest – Steve Hillage.

Mr James McBean. Mr James McBean was born in 1849 at Beauly, Invernesshire, Scotland, the son of Mr John McBean a publican and auctioneer. Mr James McBean was educated at Inverness and later apprenticed to surveying at Wrexham. He joined the Royal Engineers and became a surveyor in the Ordnance Survey department. Moved to Haverfordwest with the Royal Engineers ordnance-survey, …

Mr Harry Evans – Fruiterer, Poulterer & Grocer Abertillery. The business began in the mid 1880’s when Mr James Mundy and his wife Martha and family were living at Abertillery. They set up a fishmonger & grocery business at 10 Commercial Street, Abertillery, opposite what would become the Arcade. James and Martha married in 1886 at the Congregational Chapel at …

The Clyn Mawr Hotel. It is thought the Clyn Mawr Hotel, Blaenau Gwent was built in 1861, although the earliest reports I can find on the Clyn Mawr Hotel are from the late 1870’s, Mr William Kellaway. The Bedwellty Publicans Licences list 1874-1938 and the 1878 Electoral Records shows Mr William Kellaway as being the licensee at the Clyn Mawr …

The Crown Inn. Mr John and Magdalen Jones. On the 1841 census Mr John Michael Jones born 1775 at Aberystruth was a farmer on Clynmawr, he lived in the farm which would become the original Crown Inn with his wife Mrs Magdalen Jones from Cardiganshire and their children, Master’s John Jones, Richard Jones, Daniel Jones, Michael John Jones, Anthony Jones …

A Side……. Don’t Bring Me Down B Side……. Dreaming Of 4000 Label/No……. CBS/SONY ZS 9-5060 Pressed in ……. Thailand Notes……. There are 3 known 7″ ELO only releases from Thailand on the CBS/SONY label, Last Train To London/Confusion, Shine A Little Love/Jungle and this issue Don’t Bring Me Down/Dreaming Of 4000. Amusingly the printers has put the writing credits to J. …

A Side……. Shine A Little Love B Side……. Jungle Label/No……. CBS/SONY 5057 Pressed in ……. Thailand Notes……. There are 3 known 7″ ELO only releases from Thailand on the CBS/SONY label, Last Train To London/Confusion, Don’t Bring Me Down/Dreaming Of 4000 and this issue Shine A Little Love/Jungle.

A Side……. Secret Messages B Side……. Without You/Chas Jankel Label/No…….  Jet/CBS JC-15106 Pressed in ……. Italy Notes……. Juke-Box issue, with tab.

A Brown Paper Shopping Bag from the Bon Stores, Cwmtillery. The Bon Stores, was at No7 Fieldings Terrace Cwmtillery and owned by Messrs L. & M. Thay. Fieldings Terrace was a small row of buildings on Ty-Dan-y-Wal Road just above the Winifred Terrace and the entrance to the Cwmtillery Colliery. Made from a thick Brown paper with White string handles. …

Mr Matthew Habakkuk – Colliery Owner, Agent and Mining Engineer. Mr Matthew Habakkuk was born in the 1790’s at Langyfelach, Glamorgan. Some documents have him with differing age. I believe he married a Margaret (no information) she was from the same town Langyfelach, Glamorgan and was born in 1800. An advertisement from the Monmouthshire Merlin newspaper (as seen left) dated …