Past Comps 19

.. Hmm, I wonder where I would have seen this scene? ..

This is an aerial view of Green Meadow Farm, circa 1940`s, which appeared in the Checkpoint Calendar 1984 - for more info click here

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Dai, the Shepherd .. of course ..

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.. Photographs contributed/showing Cathy Harper and her sister playing on the Steamroller ..

Darren Powis relates:: These photographs are of the old steam roller that once stood cold, steamless and fixed in concrete for many years, just off Fairhill, not far from The Threepenny Bit. If memory serves me right, it was there until sometime in the 1980s and disappeared when the area was redeveloped. We used to play on that old engine and it was great fun to imagine it rolling along! I can't imagine such a thing being allowed today with Health & Safety waiting to swoop on the `slightest little thing`. Thanks again, for bringing back some marvellous memories of the old home town!

.. To read a little more info on the Steam roller click here ..

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.. Ebenezer Baptist Chapel (erected 1860),on Two Locks road, Old Cwmbran - was built with 500 tons of stone from a quarry above Henllys Mine and donated by it's owner Cyrus Hanson .. for more info click here

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..This reservoir was an inherent part of Henllys Colliery situated at Pen heol y badd, Henllys for more detailed info on Henllys Colliery click here ..

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.. And the answer is:- the Dorallt Inn - Henllys ..

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This view looking down Victoria Street, Old Cwmbran shows the `perilous` Road/Railway Bridge (now demolished). Click here for related memories.

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.. Hmm, I wonder where I would have seen this unusual tree ? ..

.. Photograph kindly contributed by Maxine Davies ..

The `unusual tree` is called a Monkey Puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) and once stood majestically in the grounds of The Abbey public house - Abbey road - Old Cwmbran. To view the pub click here

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.. And the answers are: St.Dial`s School which was situated on Oak Street - Old Cwmbran and built in 1874 ..

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Hmm, I wonder where I saw this scene, many years ago ... and what has changed? ..

.. Photograph kindly contributed by Maxine Davies ..

To view the same scene today click here ..

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.. Parkside Senior Citizens Complex ..

... Bonus question:- Can you name the row of houses that once stood here ? ...

Anne Moore :- The answer is `Brick Row`; `Stone Row` is still standing on the opposite side of Wesley Street.

Hmm, I wonder where I would have seen this scene back in 1959 ? ..

..This is a view of Lower Pontnewydd Railway Station .. Click here for more info on Cwmbran and it's Railway Connections ..

(Photograph contributed by Colin Bowen)

Hmm, I wonder where I saw this scene back in 1977 ? ..

..This is a view of the old Police Station on Richmond Road, which dates back to 1909 .. to see the same view now click here ..

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.. This is `Waterside Court` at the junction of Abbey Road and Star Street - Old Cwmbran ..

.. Hmm, I wonder where I saw this postcard scene ? ..

.. This 1960`s postcard scene is of Croesyceiliog shops on Edlogen Way ..

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.. This `duck weed` covered canal scene was at the rear of Star Street - Old Cwmbran ..

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.. This is a view of `The Square` at Upper Cwmbran .. for more info click here

Hmm, I wonder where I would have seen this scene back in 1936 ? ..

Robin Carter kindly contributed this interesting photograph: "This Photo has been in my family since 1936 and shows Edward the 8^th at Cwmbran railway station. My Grand Father was the Station Master at that time. William Edward Wray Rogers (he�s standing in the back ground next to the policeman�s left). My mother is also in the photo by the lamp. This photo was taken a few months before the King abdicated".

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..This is a view of the bowling pitch and pavilion of Pontnewydd Park off Mount Pleasant Road ..

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..This is a view of Cwmbran Park taken from Belle Vue road- Old Cwmbran ..

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.. An Iron `bridge spar` cast at Cwmbran Iron Works 1847 ..

.. Photographed on the footpath between Commercial Street and Abbey Road, Old Cwmbran ..

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This photograph shows the entrance to the former Police Training Centre for Wales situated on Greenmeadow Way

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.. Hmm, I wonder where I saw this conversion taking place and why is it significant ? ..

.. This photograph shows the former `Powell's Hardware store` in Chapel Street-Pontnewydd, under refurbishment (March 2009) ..

Graham Pattimore relates: Well this old place will never look the same again. I never thought I would see this old shop close.

My dad used to shop there for his paint in the old days.... a sad loss to everyone!. .... for more info Click here ..

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June Tamplin relates: This is Nightingale Row (now demolished) at the bottom of Ty Box Road - Pontnewydd, when it was a cul-de-sac. It looks so incongruous now! I should imagine this picture was taken in the late sixties or very early seventies. Although it looks very familiar I find it hard to remember the cottages, the only thing that springs to mind is finding lots of slow worms under corrugated tin sheets in the gardens

Ralph & Margaret Williams relate: It is Nightingale Row. You had to cross the canal over a little bridge to get to the houses.

Steven Morgan relates: This is a photo of Nightingale Row. It was at the bottom of Ty Box road which can be seen on the left of the photo.I used to deliver milk there when I was a boy. There are blocks of flats there now.

Colin Bowen relates: What a nice photograph of `old` Nightingale Row`, brings back so many memories; I recall the small footbridge over the canal leading to the `Row` ... There were other ways to get there by the way of Church Road, down behind the school to what we used to call Wood Bury, turn left along the path, past `Church Woods` turn left again down to Nightingale Row.

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.. This is a photograph of St. Peters Church - Henllys

The church of St. Peter is an ancient building of local stone, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: there are 130 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1765, marriages from 1754.

.. Hmm, I wonder where I saw this `family` scene ? ..

.. Situated in the grounds of Ysgol Gymraeg (Welsh School) Cwmbran, this rather cold `Family of Bears` can be seen looking out towards Henllys Way ..

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.. Hmm, I wonder where I would have seen this postcard scene ? ..

Mel Hillman responds: Late 1950`s early 1960`s ? ...It is Lowlands road, looking towards Pontnewydd Village; at the bottom of the dip you can see the bus shelter on the left with the park behind and opposite the bus shelter would have been the Council Offices, cenotaph and fire station.

.. I wonder where I saw this abandoned WILKINSON store trolley ? ..

..On the grass verge at the junction of Greenhill Road and Woodside Road. .. I reported it to the Store 22/01/09

Joe responds: I used to live in Cwmbran in Pontnewydd until I was 20 and I have moved to Sunderland now, I still have family there and I think the picture is of the Wilkinson trolley at the bottom of Greenhill road, down from the Bottom Bridge pub on the junction where it meets Woodside road at the top of Forgehammer industrial estate. In the background you can see the carpet shop in the ground's of Aldi�s car park. Just across the road from the trolley is where the kebab van trades from at night....And that kebab van interestingly was the first in Cwmbran and originally traded from the Pontnewydd Legion car park!!

Webmaster: Nothing seems to have changed over the years, this photograph circa 1980`s, contributed by Colin Bowen, formerly of Chapel Street shows two abandoned trolleys in the `Goods Yard` alongside the disused railway line (now Cwmbran Drive) Pontnewydd.

.. I wonder where I saw this abandoned ASDA super market trolley ? ..

..On the pathway in front of Brookfield School, Llewellyn Road ..

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Photographed December 2008- shows the new football, basketball court in the field between Beddicks, Greenmeadow and the woods next to Fairwater High School.

.. Hmm, I wonder where I saw this building and what is it used for? ..

This folks is a view of the Cwmbran Centre for Young People (CCYP) situated on the corner of Glyndwr Road and Tudor Road, adjacent to the new Cinema and Bowling complex.

I`m sure not many Cwmbran folk are aware of the `necessary and positive` work provided by the staff at the Centre provides; Click here for more info

To view more interesting photographs click here ..