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Title: Look Back at Old Aberbeeg & Llanhilleth - Volume 1 Author: Ray Morris & Malcolm Thomas Price £12.95 ISBN: 1 874538 97 2 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Published in 2001 this volume contains over 200 photographs covering
the villages of Aberbeeg and Llanhilleth and gives a comprehensive
picture history over the past 100 years of both villages. |
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Title:
Old Abercarn Urban District including Pantside, Newbridge Author: David Taylor Price £14.95 ISBN: 1 874538 57 3 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
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This publication first printed in 1999 has had
several reprints and includes more than 200 photographs of the |
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Title: Look Back at Old Abertillery - Volume 1 Author: Malcolm Thomas & Ray Morris Price £14.95 ISBN: 1 874538 37 9 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Over 200 photographs depict what was the second largest town in
Monmouthshire. Developing in the second half of the 19th century,
the town expanded at a fleeting pace thanks largely to the abundance
of coal deposits beneath its hills. |
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Title: Look Back at Old Abertillery - Volume 2 Author: Malcolm Thomas Price Currently unavailable ISBN: 1 874538 88 3 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
A
most agreeable sequel to Volume 1 which portrays the continued
history in the South Wales town of
Abertillery. |
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Title:
The Aneurin Bevan Inheritance - the story of the Nevill Hall Author: Gareth Jones Price £20.00 ISBN: 1 874538 17 4 Postage & Packing (UK): £3.35 |
This fascinating true story covers the history of the Community
Hospitals of Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Blaina, Aberbeeg, Blaenavon, Monmouth and Abergavenny up until 1948. Then the rise of Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny from 1948 up until 1998 when this book was published. |
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Title: The History of Bargoed and Gilfach in photographs - Volume 1 Author: Paul James Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 31 X Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This volume published in 1996 was the first comprehensive
photographic study of the Welsh valley towns of Bargoed and
neighbouring Gilfach. |
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Title: The History of Bargoed and Gilfach in photographs - Volume 2 Author: Paul James Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 07 7 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This second volume first published in 1998 continues the
photographic record of life in this part of the Rhymney Valley. With
over 200 photographs this book will provide lasting memories for its
readers. |
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Title:
The History of Bargoed, Gilfach and Aberbargoed Author: Paul James Price £12.95 ISBN: 1 874538 64 6 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This third and last book of the trilogy again contains a collection
of over 200 photographs.
This volume also contains a chapter relating to
the nearby town of Aberbargoed. |
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Title: Look Back at Old Bedwas and Trethomas - Volume 1 Authors: Jones, Jukes and Maslen Price £15.50 ISBN: 978-1-905967-05-6 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This book contains a collection of more than 200 detailed
photographs that illustrate an engaging past that will be of great
interest to observers of all groups and ages. |
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Title: Look Back at Old Bedwas and Trethomas - Volume 2 Authors: Jones, Jukes and Maslen Price £15.50 ISBN: 978-1-905967-23-0 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This further selection of 235 old photographs will stir a multitude
of memories for local residents, many who, although now living away,
still retain a fond affection for and interest in their roots. |
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Title: Blackwood Yesterday - Book 1 Author: Ewart Smith Price £13.95 ISBN: 0 9512181 6 6 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
First published in 1991, this book is the first in a series of six
publications about this fascinating part of the county of Gwent. |
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Title: Blackwood Yesterday - Book 2 Author: Ewart Smith Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 65 4 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
The reader, again as in book 1 will be guided through the history of
the area with the help of over 200 photographs. |
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Title: Blackwood Yesterday - Book 3 Author: Ewart Smith Price £12.95 ISBN: 1 874538 76 X Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Following on in the same style as books 1 and 2 again with over 200
different photographs. This book is a small contribution that will
remind us of our 'days gone by'. |
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Title: Blackwood Yesterday - Book 4 Author: Ewart Smith Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 29 8 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This fourth book embraces a wide variety of topics through almost
200 previously unpublished photographs and illustrations. |
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Title: Blackwood Yesterday - Book 5 Author: Ewart Smith Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 28 X Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
For nearly four decades the author Ewart Smith has been collecting
photographs and researching the history of Blackwood and its
surrounding areas. This fifth book in the series records many events
and considers some in significant detail. |
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Title: Blackwood Yesterday - Book 6 Author: Ewart Smith Price £15.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-13-1 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Seventeen years after book 1 was published we have book 6! When it
comes to the variety of subject matter and accompanying photographic
material, Book 6 is no exception. |
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Title: Blaenavon Through The Years - Volume 1 Author: Malcolm Thomas and John Lewis Price £14.95 ISBN: 0 9512181 0 7 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This volume includes a combination of photographic material,
historical facts, a little humour and a record of social events.
First published in 1987 and reprinted many times since this book
will bring pleasure not only to residents of Blaenavon but to those
who have long since left the town. |
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Title: Blaenavon Through The Years - Volume 2 Author: Malcolm Thomas and John Lewis Price £14.95 ISBN: 0 9512181 3 1 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
A
perfect companion for Volume 1 again containing over 200 photographs
of Blaenavon and its people. |
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Title: Blaenavon Through The Years - Volume 3 Author: Malcolm Thomas and John Lewis Price £14.95 ISBN: 1 874538 10 7 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
The third and last book of this set completes a trilogy designed to
illustrate the history of this Welsh valley town. As in Volume 1 and
2 the readers will be guided through a period spanning two centuries
with the help of photographs and text. |
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Title: Look Back at Old Brynmawr including Beaufort, Clydach & Llanelly Hill Author: Malcolm Thomas Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 23 9 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
First published in 2004 this book full of previously unpublished
photographs shows in some detail the history of these valley towns
and villages. |
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Title: Caerleon 'Scenes Past' - A Walk Through History Author: Norman Stevens Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 71 9 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This book provides the reader with a photographic tour of the town
of Caerleon which has stood with elegance and serenity in southern
Monmouthshire for thousands of years. |
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Title: Caerleon 'Scenes Recalled' - A Look Through Ages of Change Author: Norman Stevens Price £12.95 ISBN: 1 874538 14 X Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This second volume again takes the reader on a photographic tour of
Caerleon using over 200 new photographs. An essential companion to
'Scenes Past'. |
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Title: Caerleon 'Scenes Changing' - A View of Time-Still Memories Author: Norman Stevens Price £12.95 ISBN: 1 874538 18 2 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
The third book in the series of publications covering the ancient
Roman settlement that became Caerleon. |
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Title: Caerleon 'Scenes Saved' - How We Were - How We Are Author: Norman Stevens Price £14.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-04-9 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
As in the previous volumes this book covers various themes and is
designed to cater for all tastes and indeed age groups. Whether the
book's reader is one of the more mature residents or perhaps a more
recent setller to the area all will enjoy looking through the 200
plus photographs this book contains. |
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Title: Caldicot and the Villages of the Moor - Volume 1 Author: Malcolm D. Jones Price £14.95 ISBN: 1 874538 50 6 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This fragment of the County of Gwent is rich in history, ranging
from ancient castles to a turn of the century shipbuilding industry
and the marvels of tunnelling beneath the forcible River Severn.
With over 200 photographs accompanied by informative text this book
will remind the reader of the enormous changes that have taken place
since the early 1900s. |
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Title: Caldicot and the Villages of the Moor - Volume 2 Author: Richard D. Jones Price £14.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-08-7 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Again, more than 200 photographs illustrate historic views of
Caldicot and its immediate neighbours across the levels and provides
fleeting glances around and about Netherwent. |
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Title: Crumlin to Pontymister - Over The Years Author: Brian Collins Price £14.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-06-3 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Author and local historian Brian Collins has once again provided
readers and observers with a splendid photographic and descriptive
chronological tour through the midmost part of Gwent's western
valley, from the town of Crumlin and onwards to Pontymister. |
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Title: Crumlin to Pontymister - Then and Now Author: Brian Collins and Terry Powell Price £14.95 ISBN: 1 874538 03 4 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
With the help of more than 200 photographs this book illustrates the
colossal changes that have taken place in this lower part of the
western valley in the County of Gwent. |
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Title: A Picture Book of Cwm - Volume 2 Author: Margaret Blackwell Price £12.95 ISBN: 1 874538 92 1 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Containing over 200 photographs that explore the village of Cwm in
South Wales providing a captive insight into a century of local history. |
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Title: Cwmbran - Volume 1 Author: Dr Gareth D John and Graham H Lawrence Price £14.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-03-2 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This book charts the town from its humble beginnings to the vibrant
success story it is today. Illustrated with photographs of a bygone
era and the present day, this is a book that future generations will
surely treasure. |
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Title: Cwmbran - Volume 2 Author: Dr Gareth D John and Graham H Lawrence Price £14.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-19-3 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
As in the first volume this book takes the reader on a fascinating
and mystical journey into Cwmbran's past. Profusely illustrated with
memorable photographs and images of bygone days and the present
time. |
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Title: Heritage - A History of Ebbw Vale - Volume 2 Author: Keith Thomas Price £11.95 ISBN: 1 874538 43 3 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95 |
This second volume of the history of Ebbw Vale contains a variety of
essays, memories and solid research on local subjects. Illustrated
with drawings and over 40 photographs. |
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Title: Every Mother's Nightmare - Abertillery in Mourning Author: Neil Milkins Price £10.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-11-7 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95 |
This true story tells of the shocking events that took place in
Abertillery in 1921. The murder of two girls by a
15 year-old shop boy who was acquitted of the
first murder only to be released and commit the second murder
two weeks later. Illustrated throughout with photographs
including Scotland Yards actual crime scene
pictures. |
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Title: A History of Fochriw - Volume 2 Author: Peter Price Price £10.95 ISBN: 1 874538 56 5 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Resting high on a Welsh mountainside overlooking the Rhymney Valley,
Fochriw has a rich history fixed firmly
in the days of a now almost forgotten important
and burgeoning coal industry. |
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Title: Folklore of Blaenau Gwent Author: B.G.B.C. (Planning Department) Price 99p ISBN: 1 874538 85 9 Postage & Packing (UK): 32p |
This booklet tells of the local legends, ghosts, witches, wizards,
customs, superstitions and fairies set around the Borough of Blaenau
Gwent in South Wales. |
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Title: Fleur-de-Lys - The Story of Our Village - Volume 1 Author: The Fleur-de-Lys History Society Price £9.95 ISBN: 1 905967 01 2 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95
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This first volume which sold out in no time when it was first
published in 2008 has now been reprinted
and is again available to buy. |
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Title: Fleur-de-Lys - The Story of Our Village - Volume 2 Author: The Fleur-de-Lys History Society Price £9.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-23-0 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95
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This volume extends its coverage to include the neighbouring village
communities of Glan-y-Nant, Pengam
and Tir-y-Berth as well as the main village of
Fleur-de-Lys. |
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Title: A Gwent Miscellany Author: Dr Gareth D John Price £11.95 ISBN: 1 874538 78 6 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95 |
A
fascinating book illustrated throughout with photographs. It brings
to the attention of the reader some of
the people, places, monuments, features, customs
and curious happenings in this South East corner of Wales. |
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Title: A Gwent Miscellany - Book 2 Author: Dr Gareth D John Price £11.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-34-6 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95 |
A
must for all true lovers of the old County of Gwent illustrated
throughout with b/w photographs.
This long-awaited second volume again takes the
reader through a journey of a land steeped in history and
folklore.
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Title: Glimpses of Gwent - Book 1 Author: Dr Gareth D John Price Currently unavailable ISBN: 1 874538 12 3 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95 |
Glimpses of Gwent serves as a timely reminder of the people,
landscapes and events which have made this border county unique in
Wales. Illustrated throughout with photographs. |
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Title: Glimpses of Gwent - Book 2 Author: Dr Gareth D John Price £10.95 ISBN: 1 874538 34 4 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95 |
This second book proves to be as popular and informative as the
first book. Again, with the mix of old and new themes illustrated
with relevant photographs. |
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Title: Glimpses of Gwent - Book 3 Author: Dr Gareth D John Price £10.95 ISBN: 1 874538 94 8 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95 |
This third book in the trilogy again takes the reader through 'the
pleasant land of Gwent'. |
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Title: Old Gelligaer - Volume 1 Author: Maldwyn Griffiths & Richard Herold Price £12.95 ISBN: 1 874538 79 4 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Covering Gelligaer and the surrounding areas including Pen-y-bryn,
Pen-pedair-heol, Cascade and Glyn-gaer this book has something for
everyone of all ages. |
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Title: Hangings and Hangmen at Usk Prison Author: Godfrey Brangham Price £12.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-14-8 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.85 |
A
fascinating account illustrated throughout of the history of Usk
Prison, the stories of the murderers who were hanged there and the
hangmen who performed their tasks. |
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Title: History of British Nylon Spinners Author: Arthur Elliott Price £15.50 ISBN: 978-1-905967-21-6 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This book tells the story of the company from its early beginnings
at Coventry and Stowmarket and follows it
from 1947 at its Pontypool factory. Illlustrated throughout with
numerous photographs this book is a must for
any ex-employee! |
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Title: A Historical Tour around Mynyddislwyn Mountain Author: Len Burland Price £15.00 ISBN: 1 874538 84 0 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.85 |
The area covered by this book is an upland area in north-west Gwent.
It is a ridge that lies between the Sirhowy and Ebbw Valleys.
Illustrated throughout its 374 pages with many photographs. |
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Title: Penallta - A Pit and its People Author: Gareth Salway Price £12.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-16-2 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.85
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The story of Penallta Colliery, one of the largest and most
important collieries to work the
South Wales Coalfield. |
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Title: The Place Names of Eastern Gwent Author: Graham Osborne & Graham Hobbs Price £7.50 ISBN: 1 874538 91 3 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.65 |
A fascinating study into the origins of place names in eastern
Gwent.
See the companion book listed below. |
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Title: The Place Names of Western Gwent Author: Graham Osborne & Graham Hobbs Price £7.95 ISBN: 1 874538 59 X Postage & Packing (UK): £1.65 |
A fascinating study into the origins of place names in western
Gwent.
See the companion book listed above. |
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Title: Pictorial Memories of Old Pontypool - Volume 1 Author: Bryan Roden Price Currently unavailable ISBN: 1 874538 86 7 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This first volume of Old Pontypool contains over 200 photographs and
provides the reader with a perfect opportunity for local residents,
old or new, and also those who have moved to new abodes, to pause,
remember or imagine the domain of their forefathers. |
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Title: Pictorial Memories of Old Pontypool - Volume 2 Author: Bryan Roden Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 04 2 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Like its previous volume this book contains a treasure-trove of
photographs that span a period of almost
150 years, embracing a variety of topics. |
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Title: Pictorial Memories of Old Pontypool - Volume 3 Author: Bryan Roden Price: £15.50 ISBN: 1 874538 38 7 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
The third book in the trilogy does not disappoint with almost 200
previously unpublished photographs which illustrates the town's
distinguished past and its self-respecting citizens. |
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Title: Rags to Riches - Entrepreneurs of Welsh Origin Author: Jonathan Morgan Price Currently unavailable ISBN: 978-1-905967-28-5 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.00 |
Starting with the first Welsh entrepreneur pirate, Captain Sir Henry
Morgan this book with the help of its
seventeen chapters tells of their rise to fame and fortune and ends
with a chapter dedicated to the 'new' entrepreneurs such as Sir
Roger Jones, Terry Mathews and Elizabeth Daniel. |
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Title: A Portrait of Rhymney - Volume 2 Author: Marion Evans Price £10.95 ISBN: 1 874538 70 0 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This book through the 200+ photographs contained in it brings to
life past people and events of a community that has shared a history
in common with so many others in the South Wales Coalfield. Also
included are cameos of neighbouring villages of Pontlottyn,
Tafarnaubach, Princetown, Abertysswg and Fochriw. |
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Title: A Portrait of Rhymney - Volume 3 Author: Marion Evans Price £10.95 ISBN: 1 874538 41 7 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This third book in the series again takes the reader to times gone
by, with plenty of interest for today's children who live in the
area and older residents who perhaps have moved to pastures new. |
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Title: A Portrait of Rhymney - Volume 4 Author: Marion Evans Price £10.95 ISBN: 1 874538 02 6 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Again author Marion Evans weaves colourful patches that make up this
regional valley quilt within Wales.
Her photographs and text touches upon the memory and brings to life
the flashbacks of who we are and from where we came. |
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Title: A Portrait of Rhymney - Volume 5 Author: Marion Evans Price £14.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-20-9 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Some fifteen years after Volume 1 was published Marion Evans has delivered with
the fifth in the series of A Portrait of Rhymney. Over 200 photographs, many being seen for the first time - again with cameos of Pontlottyn, Tafarnaubach, Princetown, Abertysswg and Fochriw will bring thought provoking memories to all its readers. |
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Title: The History of Andrew Buchan's Rhymney Brewery Author: Marion Evans Price £14.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-08-9 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This publication is a comprehensive and long-overdue history of
Andrew Buchan's Brewery, Rhymney. The
book traces the Company's origins back to the year 1839 when an
employee of the Rhymney Iron Company worked his way up the
entrepreneurial ladder to establish what was to become a virtual
empire in the brewing industry. |
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Title: The Royal Gwent & St. Woolos Hospitals Author: Brian Peeling Price £19.95 ISBN: 1 874538 08 5 Postage & Packing (UK): £3.50 |
The story starts in 1839 and we are told of the progress made in
healthcare and hospitals in South Gwent during the 19th and 20th
centuries, and of course of the impact of our own N.H.S. |
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Title: The District of Sennybridge - Book 2 Author: Gareth Jones Price £14.95 ISBN: 1 874538 87 5 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This second volume continues with the life and times of the
inhabitants of this delightful countryside, a region
that is remarkably rich in history and cultural customs. |
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Title: The Sirhowy Valley - Volume 1 Author: Ewart Smith Price £9.95 ISBN: 1 874538 13 1 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.65 |
128 pages of past and present views of 'The Sirhowy Valley', prepare
to be amazed at the vast changes that have taken place. On some
pages the 'As it Was' and 'As it Is' photographs have been taken 100
years apart! |
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Title: Talgarth in Photographs - Volume 1 Author: Roger G. Williams Price £8.95 ISBN: 1 874538 60 3 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.65 |
A well researched collection of photographs, anecdotes and
historical stories collected over many years telling the history of
this Breconshire community. |
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Title: Talgarth in Photographs - Volume 2 Author: Roger G. Williams Price £8.95 ISBN: 1 874538 36 0 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.65 |
Another collection of old photographs of Talgarth and its
surrounding district - an excellent mix as with
Volume 1. Readers will surely agree that it is the 'Jewel of
the Black Mountains'. |
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Title: Welsh Roots & Branches (1st edition) Author: Gareth Jones Price £18.00 ISBN: 0 9524176 0 X Postage & Packing (UK): £3.50 |
A must for anyone who wants to learn a vocabulary of modern,
contemporary Welsh. It provides an
approach to learning through the ROOT structure of the language.
This book can either be dipped into
as leisure or bed-side reading. |
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Title: Welsh Roots & Branches (revised edition) Author: Gareth Jones Price £15.00 ISBN: 0 9524176 0 X Postage & Packing (UK): £3.50 |
A revised edition published in 2005 following the success of Gareth
Jones' first issue. |
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Title: Old Ystrad Mynach in Photographs - Volume 1 Author: Maldwyn Griffiths & Richard Herold Price £14.95 ISBN: 1 874538 39 5 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This book first published in 1991 gave the first photographic
insight into the towns of Ystrad Mynach,
Hengoed, Cefn Hengoed and Maesycwmmer which are set in the lower
reaches of the Rhymney Valley
in South Wales. |
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Title: Old Ystrad Mynach in Photographs - Volume 2 Author: Maldwyn Griffiths & Richard Herold Price £13.95 ISBN: 1 874538 33 6 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This latest collection of photographs is profuse, and the chosen
topics are assured to be of interest
to everyone. A worthy companion to Volume 1. |
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