Public Houses, Inns and Clubs

The Glasgow House Workmen’s Club and Institute. The story below shows its past proprietors and tenants and how they all played a part in its history of the building and the formation of the club. The Glasgow House Workmen’s Club and Institute began as a drapery store. As far back as records show, there were traders at the lower part …

The South Wales Inn – Cwmtillery. The South Wales Inn was located on the main road from Abertillery to Cwmtillery on the western side of the valley. It was amongst the row of terraced houses owned by the South Wales Colliery Company. The building, with its frontage showing a front porch and a small sign over the door, was facing …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …