Ogmore Valley Local History & Heritage Society

Other Information

The Society was formed in 1999 to carry out research into the history of the Ogmore Valley, to collect and collate documents, photographs and other historical evidence relating to the Ogmore Valley. The Society intends to preserve the products of these studies in the form of appropriate publications, photographs, CD`s, DVD`s and on it`s Web Site. The published work will be aimed particularly towards the school children of the Valley.

For the purposes of the Society, the Ogmore Valley is deemed to include the habitations of Blackmill, Glyn Llan, Glynogwr, Lewistown, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, Pant-yr-awel, Pricetown and Wyndham together with their environs. These districts fall within the ancient former Parishes of Llangeinor and Llandyfodwg.

Timeline

This timeline has records as far back as 1755.

27 Nov 2009 - 10th Anniversary Journal Launch in Ogmore Vale Primary School .
5 May 2009 - BBC using old MURCO garage at Crossing Area, Ogmore to film scenes for "Framed". A BBC dram starring Trevor EVE and Eve MILES.
28 Nov 2008 - 9th Annual Journal in Ogmore Vale Primary School and also the Ogmore Valley Data Archive.
17 Nov 2007 - 8th Annual Journal in Ogmore Vale Primary School.
17 Nov 2006 - 7th Annual Journal in Ogmore Vale Primary School.
18 Nov 2005 - 6th Annual Journal in Ogmore Vale Primary School.
Apr 2005 - Fronwen School Demolished
New Houses built on site of Craigrhiwglyn Board School (1876). Later renamed Aber Boys School, and used as the " Model School" for the early twentieth century Japanese education system.
01 Apr 2005 - Timeline plaques erected in Northern (Junior) wing of Ogmore Vale Primary School.
29 Jan 2005 - Ogmore Vale Rugby Club celebrate their 125th anniversary with a dinner at the Ogmore Vale Life Centre, Club President and former President and Treasurer of the WRU together with Clive Rowlands, President of WRU are Guests of Honour.
03 Dec 2004 -5th Annual Journal launch at Ogmore Vale Primary School.
14 May 2004 -Unveiling and Dedication of Ogmore Valley Miners Memorial, located in Ogmore Vale Primary School.
Jan 2004 - The award winning “Upside-Down” housing at Lewistown finally demolished, new housing constructed in it’s place.
2003 - With the news that St. Johns Church was going to be demolished we were given access to the Llangeinor Parish Records, which is one of the two ancient parishes that split the Ogmore Valley and with a grant from the Lottery Heritage Fund we were able to digitise the records for future generations.

In 2003 the Ogmore Valley Community Council asked we were interested in their archive of surviving minutes from the Ogmore & Garw Urban District Council (1892 - 1974), which of course we were and thanks to a grant from the Awards for all Wales (a Welsh branch of the National Lottery) we were able to disgitise this fascinating social history of both the Ogmore & Garw Valleys.

This important collection of minutes which is virtually complete from 1914 onwards gives us a fascinating insight to massive social upheavals in the area and is a "must read" for anyone looking at the social history of the area.
28 Nov 2003 - 4th Annual Book Launch at Ogmore Vale Primary School
10 Oct 2003 - The Master Clock from the Ogmore Valley Workmen’s Hall & Institute is installed in Ogmore Vale Primary School after being rescued from the Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagan’s by the Ogmore Valley local History Society. The clock was refurbished by the Cardiff Clock Company.
Sep 2003 - The new Ogmore Vale Primary School opened for it’s first term on the Penllwyngwent site adjacent to the Ogmore Life Center. Paul Booth N.P.G.H. it’s first Head Teacher.
Jul 2003 - Aber, Fronwen, Tynewydd and Park Avenue Nursery close their doors for the final time. All schools hold a “Final Open Day” to celebrate their contribution to the education of generations of the valleys children.With part funding from the Ogmore Trust the Society scanned the surviving Primary School Admission Records (1870-1960).
07 Jan 2003 - Unveiling and dedication service of the Marble memorial Plaque erected by the Ogmore Valley Local History Society in the Berwyn Center Nantymoel in memory of the six men killed on 07th Jan 1940 on Mynnyd William Meyrick.
Oct 2001 - The Society`s first project, funded by BAVO, is to digitise the surviving books of the Ogmore Vale Electric Light & Power Supply Co. Ltd.

Before 2000...

13 Dec 1999 - Ogmore Valley Training Centre was opened.
Apr 1999 - The Ogmore Valley local History and Heritage Society formed out of Local Authority evening classes at the Berwyn Center Nantymoel.
1997 - The Community Cycle and Pathway was opened from Nantymoel to Brynmenin.
1994 - Saron Chapel. Nantymoel, was demolished.
09 May 1990 - Ogmore Vale Leisure Centre opened. (Now called Ogmore Vale Life Centre).
21 Jan 1990 - Co-operative Retail Society closed the last shop in the valley, which was the Butchers shop in High Street, Ogmore Vale.
20 Apr 1989 - The Queen and Prince Phillip visit the Valley.
02 Jul 1988 - Nantymoel Surgery renamed “Glan Rhyd”.
09 Dec 1987 - Demolition work commences on Nantymoel Police Station.
14 Nov 1987 - A new Doctor's Surgery opened on the site of the old Workmen's Hall in Ogmore Vale.
10 Jun 1986 - Ogmore Vale Central Coal Washery closed.
05 Jul 1985 - Wyndham Colliery Pithead gear pulled down.
1985 - Glynogwr Primary school Closes.
Ogmore Vale branch of Womens Institute founded, Founder members: Lorriane Lloyd (nee Tozer)
06 Mar 1985 - The end of the Miners Strike.
06 Mar 1984 - The start of the Miners Strike.
Mar 1984 - The Wyndham /Western Colliery was closed.
20 Dec 1983 - The closure of Wyndham /Western Colliery was announced
28 Oct 1983 - Ogmore Workmens Hall & Institute demolition complete.
12 Mar 1981 - The Ogmore Vale Workmen’s Hall collapsed.

Before 1980...

1978 - The Gwalia Stores, Ogmore Vale were dismantled and taken to the Welsh Folk Museum at St. Fagans, Cardiff for re-erection
1977 - Nantymoel Junior School together with the Infants School were closed and moved to the Park School.
1976 - New Ogmore Comprehensive School built at Spout Hill, Bryncethin opened officially.
18 Nov 1974 - Work commences to remove the coal tip behind the Nantymoel Boys Club (“The Mem”).
22 Nov 1973 - Work starts to demolish Nantymoel Co-operative Bakery.
1971 - Mr Dyson Roberts, B Arch Hons (Wales), R.I.B.A. designs the Welsh Rugby Union Challenge Cup, known for many years by it`s chief sponsor as the "Swalec Cup". Link to Swalec Cup data.
31 Mar 1971 -Nantymoel Industrial Co-operative Society taken over by the Co-operative Retail Society. 07 Feb 1969
Penllwyngwent Colliery closed.
1967 - Court Colman Hotel pulled down.
06 Apr 1967 - Official Opening of Ogmore Vale Rugby Football Club`s new 2 storey cubhouse in Tynewydd Row, Ogmore Vale.
06 Oct 1966 - Ogmore Vale Rugby Football Club open their Clubhouse in Tynewydd Row, Ogmore Vale at the site of the old "WEXA" Club.
1965 - Court Colman Hotel shut.
18 Oct 1964 - Lynn Davies won the Gold Medal in the Long Jump at the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo, Japan. (26Ft 5¾ inches)
1963 - Wyndham Colliery shafts were deepened to the Gellideg seam and combined with Ocean Western Colliery to form the Wyndham-Western Mine.
29 Sep 1962 - Official Opening of the Ogmore Valley Old Peoples Welfare Hal.
09 Jul 1962 - The betting shop in the Corbett Arms Hotel opened.
02 Jun 1962 - Ivor Davies, a Deputy at Wyndham Colliery was awarded the Daily Herald Award for Industrial Heroism.
01 Mar 1962 - Start of the Smallpox outbreak.
1961 - Nantymoel Industrial Co-operative Society introduce 1/- Christmas Savings Stamps.

Nantymoel Industrial Co-operative Society at its peak employing 267 staff in the following premises:
10 Grocery Shops.
6 Butchery Shops.
4 Boot & Shoe Depts.
4 Millinery & Drapery Depts.
3 Men’s Outfitting Depts.
2 Confectionery Shops.
2 Chemist Shops.
2 Furnishing Departments.
1 Bakery.
1 Dairy.
1 TV Repair Dept.
1 Builders Yard.
1 Funeral Furnishing & Chapel of Rest.
1 Garage with a fleet of 22 vehicles.
1 Stables.
1 Office with banking facilities. 12 Nov 1961
Sunday opening of pubs, first time in over 80 years in Wales.
1960 - The old Llanharan Arms on Llanharan Hill, Ogmore Vale and also "Prices" Furniture Store in Ogwy Street Nantymoel are both converted into Furniture Showroom and stores by Nantymoel Industrial Co-operative Society.

Before 1960...

05 Jan 1959 - First truck of coal tipped at Ogmore Vale Washery site.
1958 - St. Peter's Church, Nantymoel was demolished.
03 May 1958 - The passenger train services from Nantymoel to Bridgend were ended.
1956 - Nantymoel Industrial Co-operative Society open a grocery shop in Prospect Place, Ogmore Vale.
Oct 1956 - The public house “Llanharan Arms” on High Street ("Llanharan Hill") Ogmore Vale is closed.
03 Sep 1955 - Official Unveiling of Nantymoel Memorial Clock Tower. Built by Hartland Brothers with the funds from the Wyndham Medical Aid Society on their dissolution.
1955 - The Co-operative Society Dairy in Lewistown closed.
Pit Head baths opened at Penllwyngwent Colliery.
Graham Hodgson plays at full back for Ogmore Vale Rugby Football Club against Senghenydd and after return from National Service moves to play for Bridgend and Netah and also fifteen times for Wales from 1961 to 1967. Link to Graham Hodgsons WRU player profile.
1954 - First strike in it’s history by the workers of the Nantymoel Industrial Co-operative Society, lasting three days from 4th to 7th October.
c.1950 - The Nantymoel Industrial Co-operative Society acquire two shops in Bridgend, one at Cefn Glas and one at Newcastle, also the Chemists Shops at 57 High Street, Ogmore Vale and Ogwy Street, Nantymoel and a grocers shop in Blackmill.
1949 - The film “A Run for your Money” used Nantymoel Railway Station for opening scenes, but train pulls out of the station the wrong way, towards the Bwlch.
1948 - Full mechanisation commenced at the Valleys collieries with a face in the lower 9ft was one of the first in South Wales to be mechanised and use the first Hydraulic props.
1947 - The Wyndham School, Nantymoel was demolished because of coal mining subsidence damage.
The Nantymoel Co-operative Society start replacing all their horse drawn vehicles with mechanical transport.
13 Jan 1947 - The Nursery in Park Avenue opens its doors again. Mrs Winnifred Young, Superintendent, Miss Jean Morgan, Nursery Helper, Miss Doris Thomas, Cook, Miss C. Cornelius, Cleaner in Charge. First Pupils: Lynne Thomas, Michael Hughes, Garwyn Young, Clive Jones and Ann Cowin.
1 Jan 1947 - “Vesting Day” - the coal industry was nationalised.
1946 - The Nantymoel Co-operative Society purchase and erect a large zinc "hanger" at the North end of St. John Street, opposite St. Johns Church, Originally called the "Co-op Yard" it is now used by Ogmore Valley Builders Merchants.
Ogmore Vale Rugby Football club re-formed with Richard Stanbridge as Chairman, Glynne D. Lewis as Secretary. An immediate post-war issue was a lack of shorts, which was solved by Jack H. Young obtaining the Collieries "Blackout" curtains and Mrs E. Radcliffe converted them to the urgently required shorts.
1945 - Nursery closed as the men returned from the war and mothers could look after the children full time again.
The Ogmore Vale Electrical Generating Plant was closed and the five generators and associated plant were sold to a colliery company near Bombay, India.
The Wyndham Colliery was converted from Steam power to Electrical Power.
02 Sep 1945 - Japan surrendered. Hostilities in the Far East ceased.
08 May 1945 - The War in Europe ceased.
21 Feb 1944 - Norman Lewis wins the Welsh Bantamweight Title.
1942 - Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries bought all of Cory Brothers Co. Ltd. colliery interests in the Ogmore Valley including Wyndham Colliery, Penllwyngwent Colliery and the abandoned Rhondda Main Colliery.
11 Dec 1941 - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth officially opened Wyndham Colliery Pit Head Baths and visited the Good Companions Club in Nantymoel.
1941 - O & GUDC apply to the Nursery School Association of Great Britain for two “Model Nurseries”. One to be built in the Garw and the other at Ogmore. (This was built at Park Avenue, Ogmore Vale). First Superintendent was Mrs Dwynwen Thomas.
21 Jun 1941 - The “Kings Head Victory Club” formed in the Kings Head Hotel, High Street, Ogmore Vale.
05 Oct 1940 - More Incendiary bomb dropped on Nantymoel Mountain, at approx 11:20pm. 3 More High Explosive Bombs dropped.
01 Sep 1940 - Incendiary bomb dropped on Penllwyngwent Mountain. Four High Explosive Bombs dropped approx. 400yds from Aber Aerials.
1940 - The old tree at Court Colman Square, Nantymoel was cut down.
Feb 1940 - Winston Baker, a deaf and dumb Baker working for the Nantymoel Co-operative Society was electrocuted and killed in Ogwy Street, Nantymoel.
08 Jan 1940 - Wartime Food rationing commenced.
07 Jan 1940 - Two planes crashed within 30 mins, 400 yards above the valley. One is a Hawker Hurricane, the other a Lockheed Hudson on a secret training exercise to test the newly invented RADAR equipment. All 6 men are killed.

Before 1940...

03 Sep 1939 - The Second World War broke out and Ogmore Vale Rugby Football ceases to exist due to lack of players.
1938 - The Wyndham Colliery Pithead baths opened. Jack Young, first Superintendent.
08 Sep 1938 - The forestation of the Dimbath Valley commenced.
1937 - New Co-operative store opened at “Co-op” corner, Bridgend. (Purchased by Mid Glam CC for £95,000 and demolished in 1995 to make way for the “Cross Valley Link Road”).
13 Apr 1933 - The Ocean Colliery Pithead baths officially opened by Ted Williams MP. George Thomas was the first Superintendant, Ralph Ferris his assistant.
1933 - Re-organisation of Schools from Elementary to Senior and Junior Schools :-
Nantymoel Boys School (Park School) became Nantymoel Senior School Nantymoel Girls School became Nantymoel Junior School. Infants Schools were not changed.
1932 - Nantymoel Industrial Co operative Society opened store in Derwen Road, Bridgend.
1930 - Conveyors introduced into Penllywngwent Colliery.
1929 - Nantymoel Social Club opened.
New Boys School built at Nantymoel which has always been known as the Park School.
Cwm Fuwch Colliery was finally abandoned.
Cory Brothers open the Cwm Llo colliery in Cwm-y-Fuwch and although they found the Rhondda No. 3 seam, it was only 12" thick and the mine never went into full production.
1928 - Production of coal at Cwm Fuwch Colliery ceased.
Co-operative Society Dairy produced pasteurised milk; the first in the area.
16 Nov 1928 - A “hurricane” struck the valley and damaged houses, brought down electrical cables and destroyed many garden sheds. Work was suspended at Wyndham and Penllwyngwent Collieries. The pylons carrying the electrical transmission lines over the Bwlch to Tydraw Colliery in the Rhondda Fawr Valley were “doubled-up”. Train services were delayed.
1927 - Official opening of Nantymoel Boys Club (“The Mem”).
New Dairy erected adjacent to Lewistown premises of Nantymoel Co-operative Society, first of its kind in the area.
24 Aug 1926 - Brynmor John, 12. Hill Street, Ogmore Vale was electrocuted at the Ogmore Vale Electrical Plant. The UK`s first "Corporate Manslaughter" Charge was brought against Cory Brothers in 1927.
1926 - General Strike at collieries throughout the South Wales coalfield from 1st May to 30th Nov 1926.
1925 - Nantymoel Boys Club (“The Mem”) opened.
Bi-annual Welsh Baptists Celebration held in Ogmore Vale.
Sep 1924 - The Aber Arms (known locally as the “Planker”) was shut down.
1924 - An abbortoir was opened by the Co-operative Society at Court Colman, Nantymoel in the buildings of the former Electric Generating Plant and later used by "Court Garage".
8 Nov 1924 - Rhondda Main Colliery was abandoned; it had worked the No. 2. Rhondda seam and had been equipped with modern and up to date machinery. One underground haulage was reputed to have been at the 1921 Great Exhibition. The colliery was bought by Cory Brothers Co. Ltd., probably on a “lock-out” basis.
1923 - The Swimming Baths in Ogmore Vale were built; the Contractor was Mr. Bartlett, the first attendant was Daniel Lewis Daniel.
1922 - Cory Brothers Co. Ltd. Constructed the electric generating plant at Ogmore Vale at a cost of £750, 000, the first manager being Mr Illingworth. It eventually supplied electric light and power to 13 collieries in the Rhondda, Neath and Ogmore Valleys together with three Urban District Councils (see list below). In 2003, Ogmore Vale Primary School was built on part of the same site.

Ogmore Vale Electric Light Company
Neath Urban District Council
Cwmgrach Urban District Council

Ogmore Valley Collieries:
Cwm Fuwch, Penllwyngwent, Wyndham.

Rhondda Collieries:
Abergorki, Bodringallt, Bwllfa Du, Gelli, Pentre, Tydraw, Tynybedw.

Neath Valley Collieries:
Blaengwrach (Glyn Neath), Ffaldydre, Glyncastle (Resolven).
1921 - General Strike at collieries throughout the South Wales Coalfield which lasted thirteen weeks.
Branches of the Society had been built in Dunraven, Lewistown, and Commercial Street Nantymoel at a cost of £2,059, £3,957 and £349 respectively. Land had also been bought at Lewistown, Llangeinor and Glynogwr.
11 Nov 1920 - The official unveiling and dedication of the Blackmill War Memorial.

Before 1920...

1919 - Ogmore Vale Rugby Football Club admitted to Welsh Rugby Union.
16th Apr 1918 - Ogmore Vale Rugby Football Club drew with the New Zealand Army team 3pts all.
1918 - Ogmore Vale Rugby Football Club beat the touring Australian Services team by 6pts to 3pts.
11 Nov 1918 - At 11am hostilities in The Great War ceased and the Armistice was signed at Versailles.
30 Jun 1918 - Fire at the Rhondda Main Colliery.
5 April 1918 - The new “Ogmore Valley Ambulance Car” purchased at a cost of £500 arrives in the valley. Mr William James is appointed “Chauffeur”. The car is purchased by workmen and citizens donating 1d per week out of their pay and will only be used to convey injured colliers to Cardiff Hospital and the carriage of home-coming troops from Bridgend to Ogmore.
20 Oct 1917 - The Victoria Cross was presented to the widow and eldest son of James Lewellyn DAVIES VC by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace.
31 Jul 1917 - Corporal James Llewelyn Davies of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers died of wounds at PiIkem, Belgium. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery during an attack on the German front line. He is buried in grave HO 11.B.18 in Canada Farm Cemetery, Elverdinghe, Ieper, Belgium.
Apr 1915 - The Ogmore Vale Red White and Blue Concert Troupe advertised in the Glamorgan Gazette:- FREE Concerts to wounded soldiers at local hospitals. “Write to D. J. Evans, Ogmore Vale”.
27 Mar 1915 - Severe blizzards disrupted the valley for some days.
23 Mar 1915 - A new church “All Saints” was dedicated at Blackmill.
Jan 1915 - Detachment of the Red Cross Society was formed in Nantymoel under the Chairmanship of Mrs. J.I.D. Nicholl of Merthyr Mawr.
1914 - Aber Colliery [No. 3. Rhondda seam] finally abandoned but the coal from Cwm Fuwch Colliery continued to be screened and loaded at Aber Colliery screens and sidings.
R.O.A.B. – The “W. T. Wilkinson” Lodge formed at Nantymoel, with it`s headquarters in the Blaenogwr Hotel.
4 Aug 1914 - The Great War broke out.
17 Nov 1913 - The foundation stone at St. John's Church, Ogmore Vale was laid.
1913 - The new “ Tynewydd Boys School” built at Caedu, Ogmore Vale.
Fronwen Mixed and Infants School opened for 260 children.
1912 - The Co operative Society opened a Bakery at Waun Fach, Nantymoel.
Cory Brothers Co. Ltd. approved the spending of an estimated £18,000 to open the Cwm Fuwch Colliery drifts in the No. 2 Rhondda seam at the head of the Cwm y Fuwch Valley. The scheme involved the construction of a tramway to take the coal down to the screens and sidings at Aber Colliery surface.
Six weeks coal strike in the Valley Mines which was successful in establishing a Minimum Wage for the Coal Miners.
Olympia Cinema opened.
Production starts at the Rhondda Main Colliery.
Aber Boys School opened for 380 boys.
Nantymoel Industrial Co-operative Society open their newly built bakery at Waun Lwyd, Nantymoel. Built by C.R.S Ltd. 1911
Aber Girls School opened for 300 girls.

Miners Death Index

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Abbot, William R	24
Abel, William	46
Anstee, Emrys Verdun	24

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Badcock, Arthur	27
Baker, William James	28
Bamford, Selwyn	23
Barnett, Brian	29
Barnett, George	42
Barnett, James	28
Bartlett, Alfred	28
Beard,T. Hedley	22
Board, Thomas	35
Boundy, Henry	41
Bowden, Fred	40
Bowen, David	45
Braham, Granville (A)	23
Bradshaw, Kenneth	48
Branch, Harry	35
Bridges, John	41
Brooks, David John	32
Brown, George	19
Brown, Selwyn	44
Burnett, H	35
Burrows, James (A)	45
Buston, William	44

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Champion, Harry (A)	28
Chant, William	12
Chave, Henry	36
Chave, Lewis	36
Chave, Thomas	44
Chick, Edward E.	42
Chilcott, James	45
Clark, John	18
Clatworthy, Benjamin	47
Clatworthy, Thomas	9
Coates, Bryan	24
Colley, William	43
Coombes, Eli	28
Cox, Charles Edwin (A)	46
Cox, Frederick H.	29
Cross, George	23

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Darby, Eli	9
Davey, Henry	35
Davey, Thomas	12
Davies, Albert Picton	24
Davies, Archibald	43
Davies, Benjamin H	22
Davies, Daniel	23
Davies, David Joseph (23rd Oct 1943)	23
Davies, David J. (9th Aug 1940)	46
Davies, E.	9
Davies, Edgar P.	24
Davies, Elliot John	29
Davies,	18
Davies, James (03rd Jan 1944)	23
Davies, James (15th Jul 1970)	48
Davies, Lewis	18
Davies, Lewis John	22
Davies, Owen	44
Davies, Robert (A)	21
Davies, T. Cliff	28
Davies, Thomas (7th Dec 1874)	18
Davies, Thomas (29th Jun 1917)	21
Davies Thomas Henry	24
Davies, Titus James	21
Davies, William	29
Davies, W.J.	19
Delbridge, Desmond G.	28

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Edge, Samuel	12
Edmunds, Lewis	35
Edwards, Alfred Glyndwr	44
Edwards, James (A)	21
Edwards, John	20
Edwards, William	43
Elston, Samuel	40
Elward, John	27
Elward, Richard	43
Emanuel, Hugh	45
Evans, Benjamin (18th May 1908)	10
Evans, Benjamin (27th Mar 1930)	28
Evans, David (21st Jan 1896)	19
Evans, David (24th Nov 1898)	19
Evans, George Gilbert (A)	29
Evans, Hopkin	39
Evans, John (7th Feb 1914)	20
Evan, John (4th Mar 1868) (A)	15
Evans, John James (29th Jan 1963)	24
Evans, J. (2nd Jan 1874)	12
Evans, Peter Robert	26
Evans, Rhys	29
Evans, Richard	32
Evans, Robert Ellis	44
Evans, William	41

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Fisher, Arthur	24
Fisher, Norman	45

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Garrett, John	42
George, Thomas	46
Gibbon, Edward	9
Gibbon, G. M.	35
Gifford (Gilford?) Will. Henry (A)	46
Gooding, Idris	27
Goodwin, H. J. (A)	23
Gough, John	43
Gregory, Alfred	44
Griffiths, Bertie	21
Griffiths, Brinley	46
Gunner, William	32
Gwyther, David	28

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Ham, John	40
Harding, Richard	39
Harris, Henry	39
Harris, Oliver	42
Harris, Sydney	22
Harris, Thomas	19
Harrison, Thomas	29
Hart, John	39
Heale, Francis H.	46
Heard, Hugh	36
Heard, William	10
Hodge, William John (A)	46
Hopkins, John	41
Hosking, Phillip	29
Howells, George	28
Howells, Ivor	28
Howells, Trevor	29
Howells, William	35
Humphrey, Thomas	18
Humphries, Edward	28
Hyde, Edward	35

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
James, Alfred Thomas	23
James, Evan	35
James, John	9
James, William	42
Jenkins, Davis (A)	28
Jenkins, Edgar O.	47
Jenkins, Evan (24th Aug 1877)	39
Jenkins, Evan (12th Jul 1890)	40
Jenkins, Godfrey George	28
Jenkins, H.	18
Jenkins, Jenkin (13th Apr 1872)	39
Jenkins, John (5th Dec 1879)	12
Jenkins, John (4th Jul 1908)	43
Jenkins, J. (26th Jun 1878)	12
Jenkins, Thomas Ogmore	45
Jeremiah, Daniel	18
Jeremy, Richard James	47
John, Daniel	32
John, James	19
John, Lewis	39
Jones, David	12
Jones, Evan	9
Jones, George (10th Feb 1885)	12
Jones, George (20th May 1957)	29
Jones, Is.	40
Jones, John Robert	21
Jones, Morgan	39
Jones, Owen	41
Jones, Reginald	45
Jones, Richard	36
Jones, Robert	39
Jones, Sydney	23
Jones, Thomas David (A)	22
Jones, William (29th Jan 1877)	39
Jones, William (11th May 1883)	9
Jones, William Arfon	46
Joseph, Rees	9

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Keast, Herbert	27
Keen, Thomas Henry (A)	27
Kemberry, Frank C.	27

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Landers, Richard	35
Lerwell, Walter	9
Lewis, Cyril	32
Lewis, Edmund J.	32
Lewis, Evan	10
Lewis, Glanmor	28
Lewis, John	39
Lewis, Thomas	9
Lewis, William	20
Llewellyn, Reginald	24
Lloyd, Absalom	21
Lloyd, Adrian	22
Lloyd, William Charles	22
Lucas, John L.	35

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Male, William	41
Manning, Dilwyn	47
Martin, James	40
Matthews, Edwin	41
Meyrick, Thomas	26
Morgan, Abner	28
Morgan, Charles (A)	20
Morgan, George	44
Morgan, Joseph Henry	29
Morgan, T. J.	48
Morgans, Richard	20
Morris, John	29
Morris, Thomas	18

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Narberth, William	19
Newall, Arthur	27
Newman, W. J.	45
Norton, J.	35

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Osborne, John Sydney	14
Owen, John (25th Jul 1882)	18
Owen, John (07th Feb 1916)	44
Owen, John (06th May 1918)	44
Owen, John C. (08th Oct 1913)	26
Owen, Richard	39

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Parkhouse, John Clatworthy (A)	33
Parkhouse, W.	36
Parr, John	45
Perkins, Edward (A)	23
Perkins, Ernest J.	46
Phillips, David John	19
Phillips, D. Mansel	47
Phillips, Enoch	27
Phillips, Ernest	42
Pitt, Gilbert Spencer	10
Plaister, W.	32
Poples, W. (A)	45
Poples, Anthony (A)	47
Powell, Samuel J. Edward	42
Price, David	42
Pryce, Thomas	43
Pugh, Rowland	18

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Rees, Albert	18
Rees, David	21
Rees, Thomas	40
Richards, John	41
Richards, Morgan	19
Richard, Thomas	19
Richards, William	32
Richards, W. E.	39
Roach, Edwin	21
Roach, Henry	19
Roberts, Daniel	18
Roberts, Thomas	9
Rogers, William James	22
Rowland, J.	35
Ryan, Thomas	27

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Sampson, Abner	35
Sherman, Reginald	32
Sinnet, John (A)	18
Sinnett, Willliam	18
Smith, Albert	48
Smith, William	44
Smith, James	41
Smith, John	47
Smith, Marshall	29
Snow, John	40
South, Edward	20
Stanford, Jenkin (14th May 1888)	9
Stanford, Jenkin (14th Nov 1927)	27
Staple, William	39
Stephens, Frederick J. L.	47

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Tatchel, Ronald	28
Taylor, Oswald (A)	47
Thomas, Alfred	19
Thomas, Charles	23
Thomas, Clive	48
Thomas, David (16th Dec 1905)	9
Thomas, David (28th Nov 1916)	44
Thomas, David (01st Nov 1941)	47
Thomas, Islwyn	21
Thomas, John	21
Thomas, Len Edwin	48
Thomas, Martin Luther	23
Thomas, Nathaniel	20
Thomas, Oscar (A)	46
Thomas, O.	47
Thomas, Robert (2nd Mar 1868)	39
Thomas, Robert (20th Nov 1914)	21
Thomas, Thomas (2nd Mar 1904)	20
Thomas, Thomas (29th Apr 1946)	24
Thurlow, William	46
Tilbury, W.	33
Townsend, William	26
Treharne, William (26th Jun 1930) (A)	45
Treharne, William Howell	47
Tucker, Walter	14
Turner, Thomas	22
Turner, William	41

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Ungoed, Daniel	40

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Vaulter, William Thomas	44

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Walters, James	20
Watkins, Daniel L	19
Watkins, J	35
Watkins, Richard	21
Watkins, Thomas	18
Watts, Lewis	29
Webber, Douglas Hamilton	46
Webber, Kenneth	47
West, Richard	22
Westlake, Richard	44
Williams, David (14th May 1888)	9
Williams, David (20th Dec 1923)	27
Williams, George	26
Williams, John	40
Williams, Robert B	47
Williams, Thomas	39
Williams, William (29th Sep 1888)	40
Williams, William (8th May 1890)	19
Williams, William (9th May 1900)	20
Williams, William (11th Sep 1914)	43
Williams, William John	20
Wilson, Jesse	40
Wilson, Matthew	26
Winter, John C.(A)	45
Winterburn, Frank	26

Journals Article Index

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

Article	Author(s)
Corporal James Llewellyn Davies, Victoria Cross	WAM Jones
The History of Nantymoel Industrial Cooperative Society Ltd.	Ken L. James
A Peep into the 1881 Census	Huw Daniel
An Ogmore Vale Pioneer - Alderman John Williams	WTJ Williams
A Poem “Shame”	Windsor C. Major
Letters from Australia	Mairwen Cook
A Fire underground at Wyndham Colliery	John Whitcombe
Edward (Ted) Cox of Nantymoel	Trevor John
Churches and Chapels of the Valley	Jane Davies
Some early Transport in the Valley	Brian Sellers

Article	Author(s)
Editorial	WAM Jones
Corporal James Llewellyn Davies VC, An Addendum	WAM Jones
The Commercial, Social and Cultural Life of the Ogmore Valley	Ken L. James
The Railways of the Ogmore Valley	Dennis Trigg
Route 4909	Dennis Trigg
A Biography of Dr. T.V.H. Richards – A Valley Doctor	Ken L. James
Past Times – The Rattray Family of Ogmore Vale	Margaret & Guy Williams
Commemorative Ware of the Ogmore Valley	Cliff Edwards
Schoolmasters at War – Charles Davies, Jack Edwards and T. Jacob Jones	WTJ Davies, J. Ken Edwards and Mrs Nesta Davies
Underground Heroism; Ivor Davies and Percy (Bow) Burgess	Huw Daniel
Ogmore Vale Families: The Triggs and the McCanns	Dennis Trigg
Police Gallantry – Police Constable Gordon Usher, Metropolitan Police	Huw Daniel
The Schools of the Ogmore Valley	Jane Davies
The Life and Times of Harry Radcliffe	Harry Radcliffe
The Labour Examination	Peggy Hughes
Choir Memories Strike a Chord	Peggy Hughes

Article	Author(s)
Editorial	WAM Jones
The Place-names of the Ogmore Valley and surrounding district	Terence Parson BSc (Hons)
Maps and Plans of the Ogmore Valley	WAM Jones
The Nantymoel Home Guard	Harry Radcliffe
A Brief Sketch	Glyn Jenkins
Norman Lewis - A Champion of the Valley	Ken L. James
Pont y Frithwaun	Dennis Trigg
Arthur Rees MBE. A Welsh Guardsman	Huw Daniel
Thomas Edward Davey; a servant of the Valley	Margaret Williams
World War II Aircraft crashes, Ogmore Valley. Sunday, 7th January 1940	Ken L. James & Huw Daniel
The Ogmore Valley Chrysanthemum Society	Harry Radcliffe
The Ogmore Valley Wheelers	Harry Radcliffe
The Porthcawl Trip	Dennis Trigg
“Davies First and Last”	Emrys Davies

Article	Author(s)
Editorial	WAM Jones
An Addendum to World War Two Aircraft Crashes, Ogmore Valley. Sunday 07th January 1940	Ken L. James
The Eight Pointed Cross. A Brief History of St John’s Ambulance in the Ogmore Valley	Cliff Edwards
A Brief History of Ogmore Vale Bakery	Dennis Burt
The Early History of Bethania Chapel, Ogmore Vale and Bethel Chapel, Nantymoel	Terence Parson BSc (Hons)
A Miracle of Grace. (The Saving of David Owen of Nantymoel)	Marion Lee
Arthur Jesse Webb, D.C.M.	Arthur Jesse Webb, D.C.M.
The Origin of the Nantymoel Boys Club	Dave Evans
Names Of Endearment	Members of the Society
How The Religous Revival of 1904-05 Came To The Ogmore Valley	Nesta Dean
Thomas Jones, A Servant Of The Valley	WAM Jones
Secretarys Report	Huw Daniel
The Memoirs Of Kathleen Hughes. (25th Sep 1922 - 18th May 2003)	Kathleen Hughes

Article	Author(s)
Editorial	Alun J Thomas
Chairman`s Report	Trevor John
The Sound of Music in the Ogmore Valley	Gwyneth Higginbotham (Neé Edwards)
From Somerset to Ogmore Vale	Brian Morgan
National Service Memories	Rev. Richie Osborne
In Memoriam	David Chatfield
The Ogmore Valley Miners Memorial	Huw Daniel
Nantymoel Farm 1944 - 1945	Ann Edwards (Neé Jones)
History of the Police in Ogmore Vale	David Harris
Ogmore Valley Workmen's Hall and Institute 1885-1990	Ken L. James
The Forgotten Army	Tom Thomas
Servant of the Valley - 2, Don Mackney, O.B.E.	Alun J Thomas
Secretarys Report	Huw Daniel

Article	Author(s)
Editorial	Alun J Thomas
Chairman`s Report	Trevor John
Fatal Accidents in the Collieries of the Ogmore Valley - An Addendum	WAM Jones
The Big Green Rolling Machine	J. Nicholls
Contrasts	Joan Chatfield
Memories and Recollections of Soccer in the Valley (1940-1960)	Winston Spanswick
Diary of a Downstairs Maid	Doris Thomas
William Williams (1860-1889) and the Ivorites	WAM Jones, Terry Parsons and Guy Williams
The Ogmore Valley Community	Alun J Thomas
Byron Moses (29th Jul 1923 - 5th Nov 1944)	Elaine Burt
Ogmore Vale Primary School Council	Huw Daniel
Memories of the Ogmore Valley	Alun V Williams
Berwyn Roderick, B.A. (1917-1948) An Appreciation	WAM Jones
Letters in the Sand	Professor Lyn Davies
The Bethel Orchestra	Joan Chatfield
Secretarys Report	Huw Daniel
A Brief Biography of Author Dorothy Edwards (1903 - 1934)	Claire Flay, BA (Hons.), M.A.
Index of Vols. 1-5 (2000-2004)	Alun J Thomas

Article	Author(s)
Editorial	Claire Flay, BA (Hons.), M.A.
Secretarys Report	Huw Daniel
Chairman`s Report	Trevor John
Memories and Recollections of Soccer in the Valley (1940-1960) - An Addendum	Winston Spanswick
Victor Charles Parry	Ken L James
Memories of the Ogmore Valley	Alun Marshall
Follow the Old Black Road	Olwen Thomas/Anne Veronica Rees
Winter 1947 - The Importance of Coal	Lyn Williams
The World War One Diary of 48751 Thomas Davies, 129th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C.	Thomas Davies/Gill Freeman
Arthur Barlow	Shirley Burton
The Skyrme Family of Ogmore Vale	Marjorie Hopkins
Morfydd Margaretta Thomas - Centerian	Les Williams
Memories of Ogmore Secondary School	Alun V Williams
Memorandum of Agreement 1905	WAM Jones
The Night The Hall Collapsed	David Harris
Frank Baker, Underaged and Overseas	Marjorie Hopkins
The Ted Cox Award 2006	Huw Daniel
A Cottingham Family Story	David and Roy Cottingham
Railway Cottage and the Evans Family	Nancy Mackney (Nee Evans)

Article	Author(s)
Editorial	Claire Flay, BA (Hons.), M.A.
Secretarys Report	Huw Daniel
Bread Making in the Ogmore Valley	Dennis Burt
The Singing Valley	Joan Chatfield
History of the Tynewydd Group of Schools (1975)	Huw Daniel
And Then Came Vesting Day	Trevor Webb
My Trip to Switzerland (1939)	Kenneth James
The Ogmore Valley Archive	Huw Daniel
Who do You Think You Are	Michael Freeman
The Ogmore Valley Ladies Choir	Joan Chatfield
The History of Horeb Chapel	Steve Williams
Life In the Wyndham (1932-1951)	Winston Spanswick
Ogmore Valley Chamber of Trade	WTJ Davies
Worralls Trade Directory 1875	Huw Daniel
All Over The Place	Brian Tucker
Venture Adventure	David Chatfield

Article	Author(s)
A Tribute to Miss Jane Davies	W. S. Davies
Life in St. John Street	Lorita Clack
Factory House 1927-2008	Lydia& Clive Davies
William George Vigus, RNVR, RN	Roy Vigus
History of Nantymoel Homing Society	Steve Williams
National Service in the RAF (1951-1953)	Winston Spanswick
The Lymp and the Leap	Derek Williams
The Lady Bountiful	Huw Daniel
The Employment of Women & Children in Mines	WAM Jones
Memories of World War II	Aelfryn Evans
Footsteps into Darkness Where Once the Miners Worked / Whinberries	Heather Philips / David Chatfield
Cornelius Family History	Ken Cornelius
In These Stones Horizons Sing	Gwyneth & Gwilym Lewis
Phoenix Heights	Trevor Webb
Mrs Sarah Irene Anderson	Shirley Clarke
Chairman`s Report	Trevor John
Secretarys Report	Huw Daniel
Editorial	Claire Flay, BA (Hons.), M.A.

Article	Author(s)
Your Journal	Huw Daniel
Coalmining - The Brogden Years	WAM Jones
Horeb Chapel History - An Update	Steve Williams
Blackmill Isolation Hospital	Barbara Brooks, Gill Moyle, Jan Lloyd and Wendy Vaughan
A Tribute to Terrence Parsons, B.Sc. Hons., 1932 to 2009	WAM Jones
Memories of Cricket in the Ogmore Valley, 1940s to 1960s	Winston Spanswick
The History of Calvary Baptist Church	Gill Freeman
The History of Electricity in the Ogmore Valley	Huw Daniel
Addendum to the History of Soccer in the Ogmore Valley in the 1940s	Winston Spanswick
A Tribute to Francis (Frank) Morgan, 1919 - 2008	Alun V Williams
Growing up in Nantymoel	Derek Williams
Image - Wyndham from the Aber Mountain in 1940	WAM Jones
Image - Wyndham Colliery and Ogmore Generating Plant in 1922	WAM Jones
Allan Bennett Lewis, 1922 - 1943	Dennis Burt
Local History in the Ogmore Valley	Huw Daniel
Aber Boys School, 1928 - 1933	Trevor Webb
Chairman`s Report	Trevor John

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Landers, Richard	35
Lerwell, Walter	9
Lewis, Cyril	32
Lewis, Edmund J.	32
Lewis, Evan	10
Lewis, Glanmor	28
Lewis, John	39
Lewis, Thomas	9
Lewis, William	20
Llewellyn, Reginald	24
Lloyd, Absalom	21
Lloyd, Adrian	22
Lloyd, William Charles	22
Lucas, John L.	35

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Male, William	41
Manning, Dilwyn	47
Martin, James	40
Matthews, Edwin	41
Meyrick, Thomas	26
Morgan, Abner	28
Morgan, Charles (A)	20
Morgan, George	44
Morgan, Joseph Henry	29
Morgan, T. J.	48
Morgans, Richard	20
Morris, John	29
Morris, Thomas	18

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Narberth, William	19
Newall, Arthur	27
Newman, W. J.	45
Norton, J.	35

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Osborne, John Sydney	14
Owen, John (25th Jul 1882)	18
Owen, John (07th Feb 1916)	44
Owen, John (06th May 1918)	44
Owen, John C. (08th Oct 1913)	26
Owen, Richard	39

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Parkhouse, John Clatworthy (A)	33
Parkhouse, W.	36
Parr, John	45
Perkins, Edward (A)	23
Perkins, Ernest J.	46
Phillips, David John	19
Phillips, D. Mansel	47
Phillips, Enoch	27
Phillips, Ernest	42
Pitt, Gilbert Spencer	10
Plaister, W.	32
Poples, W. (A)	45
Poples, Anthony (A)	47
Powell, Samuel J. Edward	42
Price, David	42
Pryce, Thomas	43
Pugh, Rowland	18

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Rees, Albert	18
Rees, David	21
Rees, Thomas	40
Richards, John	41
Richards, Morgan	19
Richard, Thomas	19
Richards, William	32
Richards, W. E.	39
Roach, Edwin	21
Roach, Henry	19
Roberts, Daniel	18
Roberts, Thomas	9
Rogers, William James	22
Rowland, J.	35
Ryan, Thomas	27

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Sampson, Abner	35
Sherman, Reginald	32
Sinnet, John (A)	18
Sinnett, Willliam	18
Smith, Albert	48
Smith, William	44
Smith, James	41
Smith, John	47
Smith, Marshall	29
Snow, John	40
South, Edward	20
Stanford, Jenkin (14th May 1888)	9
Stanford, Jenkin (14th Nov 1927)	27
Staple, William	39
Stephens, Frederick J. L.	47

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Tatchel, Ronald	28
Taylor, Oswald (A)	47
Thomas, Alfred	19
Thomas, Charles	23
Thomas, Clive	48
Thomas, David (16th Dec 1905)	9
Thomas, David (28th Nov 1916)	44
Thomas, David (01st Nov 1941)	47
Thomas, Islwyn	21
Thomas, John	21
Thomas, Len Edwin	48
Thomas, Martin Luther	23
Thomas, Nathaniel	20
Thomas, Oscar (A)	46
Thomas, O.	47
Thomas, Robert (2nd Mar 1868)	39
Thomas, Robert (20th Nov 1914)	21
Thomas, Thomas (2nd Mar 1904)	20
Thomas, Thomas (29th Apr 1946)	24
Thurlow, William	46
Tilbury, W.	33
Townsend, William	26
Treharne, William (26th Jun 1930) (A)	45
Treharne, William Howell	47
Tucker, Walter	14
Turner, Thomas	22
Turner, William	41

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Ungoed, Daniel	40

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Vaulter, William Thomas	44

Surname, Given Name(s)	Page
Walters, James	20
Watkins, Daniel L	19
Watkins, J	35
Watkins, Richard	21
Watkins, Thomas	18
Watts, Lewis	29
Webber, Douglas Hamilton	46
Webber, Kenneth	47
West, Richard	22
Westlake, Richard	44
Williams, David (14th May 1888)	9
Williams, David (20th Dec 1923)	27
Williams, George	26
Williams, John	40
Williams, Robert B	47
Williams, Thomas	39
Williams, William (29th Sep 1888)	40
Williams, William (8th May 1890)	19
Williams, William (9th May 1900)	20
Williams, William (11th Sep 1914)	43
Williams, William John	20
Wilson, Jesse	40
Wilson, Matthew	26
Winter, John C.(A)	45
Winterburn, Frank	26

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