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Public House, Inn and Hotel facilities in Abertillery. Here is a list of such places that were in the area over the years gone by. I compiled the list from official sources and with the help of Mr Bryan Boots. There will undoubtedly be more yet to be found. The individual licenced premises featured on the following pages in this …
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The Tillery Non-Political Club and Institute – Abertillery
The Tillery Non-Political Club and Institute – Abertillery. The Tillery Non-Political Club and Institute was situated at No20 High Street, on the corner of Mitre Street, Abertillery (as seen on the main featured image above). The Founding of the Tillery Non-Political Club and Institute. The club began trading in February 1932. Devenish & Co Brewery of Weymouth. A report from …
Read More »The Yew Tree Social Club – Alma Street, Abertillery
The Yew Tree Club – Alma Street, Abertillery. The Yew Tree Club, Alma Street, Abertillery (as seen center right on the featured map above) was established at Bryncraig House in 1934. The club was later struck off the register, reopened and was closed a few years later, turned into flats and was demolished in the early 1960’s. Its full history …
Read More »The Golden Lion Hotel – Abertillery
The Golden Lion Hotel – Abertillery. Mr William Samuel. The first mention of the Golden Lion Hotel, Castle Street, Abertillery (as seen in the main featured image above) was in a report published in the Monmouthshire Merlin newspaper on Friday 16th of September 1853. The report stated that on the previous Monday, the 12th of September 1853, Mr William Samuel …
Read More »The Royal Exchange Inn – Blaenau Gwent
The Royal Exchange Inn – Blaenau Gwent. The Royal Exchange Inn (as seen in the main featured image) was situated on Victoria Street, on the corner of what is now known as Upper Royal Lane, opposite Blaenau Gwent Baptist Chapel. Photograph copyright unknown. Mr and Mrs William and Rebecca Lloyd. The first mention of the inn was in a report …
Read More »The Rising Sun Inn – Cwmtillery
The Rising Sun Inn, Cwmtillery. The Rising Sun Inn, Cwmtillery (as seen in the small row of cottages behind the school in the main featured image above) was built on land owned by the Marquis of Abergavenny and has been mentioned in a South Wales Gazette report from October 1913 that it was granted its license in 1869. The inn …
Read More »The Sports Club – Abertillery
The Sports Club – Abertillery. The Sports Club, Abertillery (as seen in the main featured image above) was located at No’s 5 and 6 Carmel Street, Abertillery. The Proposal. A new sports club for the town was first proposed in about 1954. Mr W. A. Rogers. Mr W. A. Rogers was the acting secretary to the founder members of the …
Read More »The Rolling Mill Inn – Blaina
The Rolling Mill Inn – Blaina. The Rolling Mill Inn (as seen in the main featured image above) was situated on High Street, Blaina opposite the junction with Cwmcelyn Road. An Early Lease. On Friday 18th of June 1965, the South Wales Gazette reported on the closure of the Rolling Mill at Blaina and stated that the premises were nearly …
Read More »The Britannia Inn – The Old Maids
The Britannia Inn. The Britannia Inn, Penybont, Abertillery was located on Old Penybont Road, (as seen in the center of the featured image above, with the pub sign over the door, just behind the lorry) within in a small row of four cottages which also contained another public house known as the Old Bridgend Inn (the double fronted building, far …
Read More »The Cwm Hotel – Abertillery
The Cwm Hotel – Abertillery. In the late 1890’s Messrs Monks and Parfitt, contractors of Newport began constructing the new road on the eastern side of the valley from Abertillery to Six Bells, this new road was to be called Alexandra Road. Messrs Webb Bros, Brewers of Aberbeeg saw an opportunity to have a new hotel built on this new …
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