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Rhondda Valleys Information and History High Resolution Old Photos of Porth (Page II) in the
Rhondda Rhondda Valleys, Porth, Home Guard 1940 These 3 photographs were kindly sent in by Mr D. B. Williams of Llwyncelyn, Porth - They show apprentices at the Porth Bus Depot in 1950. A couple of photographs of Bronwydd Park Swimming Baths - courtesy of Janet Collier. Islwyn School Photo 1946 - courtesy of Janet Collier (nee Isaacs). Rhondda Valleys, Porth, Islwyn School Photo 1946 (born 1936-7) Back Row: Norman Challenger, Mair Hughes, Raymond Cheney, Myrna Watts, Wyndham Johnson, Marian Follet, Gwyn Roberts. 2nd Row: Brian Williams, Peter Williams, Michael Stephens, Alun House, Conway Jones, Ken Moon, Brian Rabbits, Robert McLeish. 3rd Row: Gill Morgan, Michael Isaacs, Olga Stone, Miss Thomas, Gwenda Smart, John Matthews, Mair Savage. Front Row: Josephine Owen, Ivor Roberts, Ann Griffiths, Derek Williams, Barbara Williams, Martyn Williams, Gwladys Smith. From the year 2005 on, work began on the new road through the Valleys. My good friend and someone who went to school with me in Ynyshir - Mr Steve Robbins - is going to keep us up to date with a pictorial record of the changes. His photographs are below. As usual hover over them for a description, and click on them to see full size. There are more on the Ynyshir pages. Mr John Hopkins born and bred in Mount Pleasant, Porth kindly sent me scans of the following old photos, mainly of Coronation celebrations in Islwyn Terrace, Mount Pleasant. If you have any photos that you would like to share with us please scan them in at least 1280 pixels width and email them to us here.
There is an excellent new website with high resolution old photos of
the United Kingdom (including the Rhondda Valleys) at
www.oldukphotos.com Search the entire site.
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