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Plymouth Great Wood...........................(Photo The Woods in
Plymouth Great Wood...........................(Photo The Woods in 1906) Before the 1914-18 War the Plymouth Great Wood was a private woodland, owned b...

William Henry Brain of Cwrt yr ala House Brains the brewers,
William Henry Brain of Cwrt yr ala House Brains the brewers, moved to Cardiff in 1882 from Bristol, and in 1891 became associated with Glamorgan crick...

The Button and Gwinnett Family of St Nicholas. Button Gwinnett
The Button and Gwinnett Family of St Nicholas. Button Gwinnett (1735 – May 19, 1777) whose family was from the Cottrel Estate, St Nicholas just up t...

Old Billy of Michaelston Old Billy told this story in the 1700s
Old Billy of Michaelston Old Billy told this story in the 1700s when he lived in one of the cottages close to St Michaels Church and it related to Wil...

Odd things you remember about your mother from your
Odd things you remember about your mother from your childhood. Always wore a wrap around pinafore at home., never smoked in the streets or a public p...

The advent of the railway. The first train ran through Ely on the
The advent of the railway. The first train ran through Ely on the 18th June 1850 (Waterloo Day) but the new Ely Station didnt open until early Septemb...

On one of my trips back to Cardiff I thought I would go to Cathays
On one of my trips back to Cardiff I thought I would go to Cathays Cemetery and Western Cemetery where a few of my ancestors and close family members ...

Barry Island, probably late 1920s Front left: my mother, Cissie
Barry Island, probably late 1920s Front left: my mother, Cissie Palmer, nee Matthews, eventually lived in Mayfield Avenue. Served ice cream sundaes i...

Grenadier Guardsman Extraordinaire. ( the long and the short of it
Grenadier Guardsman Extraordinaire. ( the long and the short of it ) Back in the 1990s while looking into family history I thought I would track down...