Out Of The Blue Artifacts A Library of a lifetime of collecting
Abertillery Foot Clinic – Six Bells. The Abertillery Foot Clinic was based at 76 Alexandra Road, Six Bells, Abertillery. The clinic was open in the 1930’s with the principal Mr W. Hunt, M.S.S.Ch., M.I.S.P (of London) chiropodist and treatment in chiropody etc. It was advertised that the clinic was offering the following – Electrical Treatment, Sun Ray, Electrical Message, Radiant …
Read More »Abertillery History
Abertillery Dental Surgeries – The Beginning
Abertillery Dental Surgeons. Messrs Weeks and Smart. The earliest dental surgeries and dental surgeons I can find operating in the Abertillery area was in August 1892 when Messrs Weeks & Smart, Surgeon Dentists of the Barton House, Bristol were visiting Abertillery on the Tuesday 20th September between 9.00am and 11.00am. All information could be had from Mr Williams, 1 Carmel …
Read More »Blaenau Gwent Infants School – The Crown
Blaenau Gwent Infants School – The Crown. On Tuesday 8th of April 1902, at a monthly meeting of the Aberystruth School Board consisting of the following members – Mr J. P. D Williams (Chairman); Mr R. H. Williams (Vice Chairman); Mr E. J. Williams; Mr T. Drew; Mr C. H. Carter; Mr J. Davies; Rev T. T. Evans; Dr D. …
Read More »The Six Bells Recreation Grounds
The Six Bells Recreation Grounds Story. On Friday 27th of December 1912, the South Wales Gazette reported on the provision of recreation grounds throughout the district and that each ward will be in possession of its own recreation ground fitted up properly with bowling greens and tennis courts etc. The report went on to say that at Six Bells negotiations …
Read More »Six Bells Lido
Six Bells Lido. In the early 1930’s the people of Six Bells, Abertillery banded together and formed a baths committee with the intention to have a lido, an open-air baths built in the village. The committee contacted various influential people in the area for backing and Mr A. Lewis a landowner gave the land at Cwm Llwydrew, he also gave …
Read More »Six Bells Children’s Swimming Paddling Pool
The Six Bells Children’s Swimming Paddling Pool. Owing to the success of the Six Bells Lido, the need for a children’s pool was debated and the women of Six Bells banded together to form a group to raise funds and to receive donations in their quest to have a small paddling pool constructed in the Cwm Llwydrew valley close to …
Read More »Officers of the Good Templars Lodge Cwmtillery 1870’s
Officers of the Good Templars Lodge Cwmtillery 1870’s. Back Row – Mr T. Gulliford; Mr W. Parfitt; Mr T. Cooper; Mr Silas Cooper; Mr H. Ludlow Wiltshire and Mr G. Cooper: Front Row – Mr Eli Taylor; Mr J. Pierce and Mr Enoch Hill.
Read More »Cwmtillery Colliery Feeder – Cwmtillery Lake
Cwmtillery Colliery Feeder – Cwmtillery Lake. The Cwmtillery Lake was man-made as a colliery feeder and constructed by one of the Cwmtillery Colliery owners, more than probably Mr Thomas Brown or Mr John Russell. Over the years the feeder has changed shape and size owing to the fact that the colliery and level waste tips that built up around the …
Read More »Abertillery Lawn Tennis
Abertillery Tennis Club and Courts. I am not sure when the sport of tennis was first introduced and played at Abertillery. I believe that it began on the Barn Field at Abertillery. In the early days, the Barn Field was used for the sport of rugby and tennis, although the local tennis players who used the fields desperately needed their …
Read More »Mr John Ward Williams – Warwill’s Foundry
Mr John Ward Williams. Mr John Ward Williams was the founder of the Iron Foundry at Abertillery. Mr J. Ward Williams was born in 1830 at Aberystruth. His father was Mr Crawshay Bailey’s manager at the Iron Works, Nantyglo. There is a Mr Ward Williams residing in Nantyglo on the 1854 Electoral Register. The Abertillery Iron Foundry. It’s believed that …
Read More »