“I feared the new motorway out of Cardiff might have swallowed up the little village, but to my delight I came upon a sign pointing to Tongwynlais as the motorway swept on. I drove down into the village, and there was the church, and the little houses, seemingly untouched by time.”
Battle of Britain hero Grp Capt Dennis ‘Hurricane’ David from his autobiography about returning to his father’s childhood home after 40 years.
October 24, 2020 by Sarah Barnes
I was recently contacted by Val Bowden (nee Davies) who had written a memoir of her childhood in Tongwynlais. ‘I Have Often Walked Down These Streets Before‘ is Val’s personal […]
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Did you used to live in Tongwynlais and wish to share some memories of your time there? Have you lived there all your life? A simple way to contribute to […]
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August 18, 1917 by The Aberdare Leader
MOUNTAIN ASH SOLDIER KILLED. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watkins, of Mount Pleasant, Tongwynlais. formerly of Mountain Ash. have received news that one of their two soldier sons has been killed […]
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June 22, 1917 by Monmouth Guardian and Bargoed and Caerphilly Observer
SHOOTING SENSATION AT CAERPHILLY. An echo of a Sunday evening sensation at the Caerphilly Park, was heard at the local court on Tuesday morning, when Horace Jackson, 19, a collier […]
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October 30, 1915 by Herald and Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder
KING PRAISES THE WELSH GUARDS During his recent tour of France and Flanders the King paid a surprise visit to the Australian Hospital at Boulogne, where he came across Lieutenant Rupert Lewis, son of Colonel Henry Lewis. […]
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November 6, 1914 by The Glamorgan Gazette
Bullets Whistled by the Hundreds. Sapper W. Mortlock, of the Royal Engineers, who is well-known in the neighbourhood of Cardiff, in a letter to his father, Mr. C. Mortlock, of […]
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October 17, 1914 by The Aberdare Leader
Matches in the Mine Albert Browning, Queen Street, Tongwynlais, was summoned lor a breach of the Coal Mines Act. Mr. Griffith Llewelyn, Aberdare, prosecuted.—John Jones, a ripper at the Dowlais-Cardiff […]
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December 20, 1909 by Evening Express
WIFE FINDS HUSBAND DEAD William Thomas Jenkins. Riverside House, Tongwynlais, was found dead in bed at 10.30 last night by his wife. He leaves a large family. https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4212507/4212514
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