Ynysddu

@ maxine : Yes the prog is still there, I used to enjoy the prog disco's as a child.

hi i remember dandos the hardware shop also thomes the drapers and the post office the prog club is still there as my brother royston and his wife marie live in the cottages oppisit the prog club

i remembered my aunty and uncle lived

at no. 84. alexander road ynysddu they had a dog called major.also

a chapel called zardis.-

my grandmother lived at 21 alexander road ynysddu, she was born 1891, moved to australia when she was 24 years old and married a australian born italian....

she was born alice louisa wilmot and married a norman charles pardella, in queensland australia.....

Hello the Ranks was situated between the black prince and the police station on the main road where now stands the old age bunglows.They were ruins before 1948 the bunglows being built in late 50 s early 60 s

The only "Ranks" I know of, is "The Ranks" at Abercarn. The rows of houses were built to house workers familys and had the luxury of attached outside loos, flag stone floors and a flued fire-place!

ynysddu-"The Ranks"

Hello.I am after the general whereabouts of "the Ranks" in ynysddu.My granfather "Arthur Hodges" was born there.The story passed down was that it was bombed during the war

the prog has more old photos of the area on display in the bar. lived here all my life, centre of the universe!

the nearest cemetry is mynyddislwyn church or danygraig risca. there are others so best of luck.

MY FATHER HAD 2 SISTERS WHO LIVED AT PONTGAMTERRACE IN THE 60S.THEY HAVE POSSIBLY PASSEDAWAY BY NOW.THEIR NAMES WERE CLARISSA BUTCHERnee BAKER AND IRIS BAKER.THEY ALSO HAD A BROTHERGORDEN BAKER AND IVOR BAKER(WHO WAS MY FATHER)HE MARRIED AND LIVED IN MANCHESTER.COULD ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHERE THE LOCALCEMETRY OR CREMATORIUM IS FOR YNYSDDU

yes the prog is still there

Hi, Maxine, Yes it is still there. Are you from Ynysddu?

Is the prog not there any more

i live in cwmfelinfach for last 40 yrs how this rd as changed, i remember all the shops all gone now, only one left spa

The shop on the right,where the girl with the bag is,was a sub-branch of Barclays Bank,and I worked there for a while in 1969.

Just behind the photographer is the Pioneer, today it is up for sale. 23/01/08

hello i lived in 89 alexandra rd until i was 15yrs old. i went to pontllanfraith comp school. my aunties and uncles and cousins still live there. would like to here from anyone that rememebers me.

my husband brin bush live at 23 until we got married in 1964 then we live at 89 until we move to poole dorset in 1979

i think the women standing near the kerb could be my mother -in-law i remeber mrs davis in the cornner shop and her daugther sandra was my friend also remeber tom and doreen freeman with the shop next door to mrs davis as my in-laws live in 23 next door to the shop

Maiden name Gibbs - lived up Mynyddislwyn and I remember Mrs Davies at the corner shop. Brought back loads of memories opening this website.

My name was Dorothy Jones and I lived at No 65 Alexandra Rd. My grandmother Grace Jones lived next door. I started school at the infant school at the bottom of the road. Junior school was in Cwmfelinfach and then I went to the grammar school at Pontllanfraith.I left Ynysddu in 1965.

my grandparents lived at no 23

it was alexandra road, I remembered the shopkeepers name was a mrs davies.my my infant school was opposite I lived at no 89 opposite my

grandparents I was born in 1952

Just recieved my Great grandmother's death certificate. She died in 1915 whilst living at 9 Alexandra Street. Her husband John was working a Colliery Roadman (underground)

hi i now live in the corner shop but its been turned back into a house i grew up living in the shop and then bought it when it came up for sale .

Hi,

my mother was born in Alexander Street in 1921. Her maiden name is Moreton, her name is Majorie, her mothers name was Gladys and her fathers Charlie, they moved to Syndicate Terrace in Cum, then to London and then Slough, she talks of her life in Ynysddu and I used take her back often. I wach the local team play rugby when i can

Mick

Mrs Arther had the first shop then Mrs Davies later on Tizer (Mike), The second shop was owned by Mr & Mrs Freeman By the way its Road not Street

Very interesting indeed.

THanks

Hello

Lived in Ynysddu all my life and so did my father and Grandfather in Graig View.

greatgranfather was a fireman when the miners had a sit down strike. The strike is mentioned in a newspaper in a war museum in Jersey.

Crazy

Hi Jen,

I have taken some of the images from the Old Blackwood books, but only after having permission from the publishers and the author. Some have also been donated to us.

so where did you get these pictures from then steve

Hi Kath, Do you still live local?

My mother was born in this street in 1919, and I still have cousins living there

Oh, I wish I had seen this before leaving the post in the earlier comment box. Where do you live now?

Hi i was born in this street 1967

The shops to the left. Is this where Tizer had his store?

There was a Lloyds Bank opposite the Pioneer on the Corner of High Street and Commercial Street, I wonder if it could have been the smallest branch in Wales???

My grandma lived in Craig view(?Griag view) and my greatgrandfather built a chapel at Pontllanfraith. His name was J.D. Wilkins. Does anyone know if the chapel is still standing, or the name of it?