Abertillery History

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 …

Abertillery Rugby Football Club Park Floodlights. (Story to come).

The New Road Aberbeeg. A new road from the Square, over the railway lines to the lower part of Gold Tops at Aberbeeg had been proposed as early as the 1900’s.  The old road and bridge was narrow and steep (as seen in the old image left). In the mid 1920’s it had been brought up again and this time …

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 …

A Section of the Clyn Mawr Hotel Tree. This is a cross-section of one of the branches of the tree that was situated at the southern side of the Clyn Mawr Hotel, the tree was getting too big and was cut down on Thursday 6th October 1983. Mr Harry Potter a regular at the Clyn Mawr acquired the section as …

Clyn Mawr Hotel Dart Team – Clyn “B” Winners of the Abertillery “B” Darts League 1960. Standing – D. Titford; B. Paul; B. Goodway; W. Evans; F. Burrows and J. Gunter: Seated – G. Long; W. Nash; T. Adams; F. Mitchell (Captain); Mrs R. Jones; H. Whitcombe; A. Pollard and J. Evans: Copyright unknown: Photographs kindly supplied by Alan and …

Clyn Mawr Hotel Dart Team – Clyn “A” Winners of the Abertillery “A” Darts League 1960. Standing – D. Gillgrass; W. Blacker; D. Crowley; Mrs M. Jones; Mrs J. Evans; A. Jones; G. Jones and B. Beattie: Seated – R. Donaldson; G. Cleaton; F. Jones (Captain); T. Davies; W. Dixon and R. Griffiths: Copyright unknown: Photographs kindly supplied by Alan …

Clyn Mawr Hotel Skittles Team – Clyn “B” League Runners Up 1963-1964. Standing – B. Young; B. Paul; J. Evans; B. Pollard; B. Venn; R. Coles; W. Davin and D. Crowley: Seated – R. Pembridge; J. Knock; Mrs M. Hughes and B. Davies: Copyright unknown: Photographs kindly supplied by Alan and Jeanette Ford, Dai and Zoe Clease.