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August 10, 2022  by Anthony Brewer

Locomotives using the Ironbridge between Pentyrch Ironworks & Melingriffith Tin Plate Works

Melingriffith Tinplate Works Steam Locomotive “Firefly” under restoration in 2022 Members of the Tongwynlais Historical Society may be interested to know that a 125+ year old railway locomotive new to […]

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December 13, 2021  by Gareth Brookman

A childhood in Tongwynlais in the 1930s and 40s

My father Franklyn Brookman was born in 1926 and lived at 14 Railway Terrace, growing up in an era before the war when the Tongwynlais population was one thousand five […]

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November 2, 2021  by admin

Tongwynlais Character Poems by Val Bowden

There seems to be no end to Val’s literary talents.  Here she shares 3 poems about characters from the village starting with her Grampa. My Grampa, Daniel Davies, retired coal […]

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January 13, 2021  by Sarah Barnes

The buried treasure, the Ferret and the soldier of fortune.

Whilst this post title may seem a little ‘Mills and Boon’, the actual story is far, far more unbelievable.  For me, it began last Sunday morning. I was searching for […]

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November 1, 2020  by Sarah Barnes

‘To Ton’ by Dic Mortimer

The following article about Tongwynlais was written by Dic Mortimer in 2011.  He notes, ‘I write for myself. I write what I want to read about in a way that […]

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