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- Editorial
- The Swidenbanks at Tredegar – David Swidenbank
- Furnace Slag, Rivers & Made Ground – Editor
- Sea Cadets at Abertillery – Meg Gurney
- Icehouses – Rackham & Others
- Believe it or Not – George Derrick
- A 1977 Jubilee Street Party – Howard Robinson
- Masters & Men – Rhys Davies
- Odd Expressions – Editor
- Dating a Listed Farmhouse – Ken Palmer
- SUPPLEMENT – Peter Morgan JonesWorld Wide Wales
- Welsh Love Spoons
- Welsh Music
- Welsh Bards
- The Welsh Language
- Lady Llanover
- Marcher Lords
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- Gunpowder Explosion at Brynmawr - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- Archaeology of Upland Gwent, A book review - Colin Morgan
- Cleaning the Chapel, Poplar Road Congregational Tredegar - Kenneth Davies
- F. J. Ball. 1914-1986, A dedicated Ebbw Vale Local Historian - Colin Morgan
- Gallipoli, A Blaenau Gwent Boy’s WW1, Richard Evans of Rhymney - Kenneth Price
- Tredegar’s Smallest House - Phillip Prosser
- The Blaenau Gwent Society of “Dynolwyr” their aims or manifesto - Colin Morgan
- Penuel Baptist Chapel Rhymney Terrence Harding 50 Rhymney Penuel Chapel & the huge 10th Century Baptism debate – “Dippers” versus “Sprinklers” Jeff Darkins
- Tredegar Medieval Brooch - Phillip Prosser
- Website Update - Carolyn Jones
- The Contributors to this Journal
Journal – Edition 23
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- Forum Officers
- Editorial
- Hidden Landscapes Community Archaeology Project - Frank Olding
- Jones the Flannel - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- An unsung hero of Rorke’s Drift buried in Blaenau Gwent - Wayne Morris
- Abergavenny Tradesmen enjoy party at Llanover Mansion in 1863 - Cliff Hendy
- Brazil Novo Cambria and Blaenau Gwent - Colin Morgan
- William Glynfab Williams 1855-1947 - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- The Blaenau Gwent Society of “Dynolwyr” - Colin Morgan
- The Contributors to this Journal
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- Forum officers
- Editorial
- Blaenau Gwent Miners at War 1914-1919 - Ritchie Wood
- Root and Branch: Growing your Family Tree- Janet Karn
- Clydach Iron Works - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- The Heritage Forum Website - Carolyn Jones
- The Birth of Rhymney - Colin Morgan
- Fire Tragedy in Red Lion Square, Tredegar - Alan James
- Brynmawr's Jewish Community and the Lion of Judah- Eifion Lloyd Davies
- The Contributors to this Journal
- Information for Contributors
The History of the South Wales Iron Industry. 1837. – By Thomas Watkins – Eddil Ifor, (1801-1889)
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Journal – Edition 21
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- Editorial
- Little Really Changes - Gaius Petronius
- Iron Works and Blaenau Farming – Dr Colin Morgan.
- An 1807 Wye Navigation - David Morgan
- Brynmawr Public House and Inns 1859 - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- Crawshay Bailey - Editor
- The Cyfartha Dynasty - Editor
- Tredegar Had Talent - Basil Jones etc.
- Strange But True - Varied
- Kendal Ironworks - Peter Morgan Jones
- Beaufort’s Old Parish Church - Wayne Morris
- Anathema on Tredegar’s Clock - Diogenes
- The Tredegar House Murders - Wayne Morris
Journal – Edition 20
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- Editorial Forum
- The 3rd Mons Stone Forum
- 'Ty Sara' Pearl G. Jones
- Quaker Influences in Brynmawr Pearl G. Jones
- Recollections of Agnes Jones Barrie Davies
- 'The Spaniard' Archive Group
- Sir Richard Colt Hoare Peter Morgan Jones
- A Tour of Blaenau Gwent, 1799 Peter Morgan Jones
- Welsh Bards Artsmagic
- Lady Llanover Artsmagic
- Careg Waun Llech Forum
Journal – Edition 19
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Journal – Edition 18
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- Troedrhiwgwair, Armageddon and All That - Brian Gardner
- Welsh Women In Industry During WW2 - Janet Hicks
- What Lies Beneath The Waters? - Peter Morgan Jones
- Celebration of the Welsh in Patagonia - Dr. Colin Morgan
- Ivor Bulmer Thomas and Llangua Church - Ken Palmer
- The Brynbach Plaque - Editor
- Safeguard Lodge No. 365 - Greg David
- Education in 1842 - Editor
- The Hounds of Hell - David Morgan
- The Hafod Stones - Nicholas Beswick & Eifion Lloyd Davies
- 2015 WW1 Commemoration Day - Editor
Journal – Edition 17
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- Editorial
- Beaufort Orchestral Society – Editor
- A Military Family – Haydn Ll. Davies
- A Remnant of ‘The Mons’ – A. Davies
- Keeper’s or Keeper Pond? – Photograph
- Memories of Ty Trist Colliery – Derek Ll.Harding
- Number Nine Colliery – Photograph
- Punchin Brynmawr – Eifion Lloyd Davies
- The End Of Local Rail – Gordon Hayward
- 1865 Bedwellty Pits Disaster – Editor
- Thinking of A Coach Trip? – Harry Pritchard
- Where are these houses? – Photograph
- A Tredegar Connection – Peter Morgan Jones
- Pont Gwaith yr Haearn – Frank Olding
- The Gilbern Car – Martyn Morgan Jones
- A Ridge Too Far – Ralph James
- Heritage Forum Web-Site – Information
Journal – Edition 16
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- Editorial
- Ebbw Vale's 1914-18 Home Guard - Reverend Evan Price
- A Ridge Too Far – Ralph James
- A Collier’s Tribute – David Ralph Williams
- Shrapnel & Surgery – The Williams’ Family
- A Mametz Memorial – John Oxenham
- Never So Innocent Again – Editor
- My Dad, The Soldier – Haydn Davies
- An Old Soldier Remembers – Richard Davies
- Father & Son Together – Harry Pritchard
- John Henry Williams VC – Editor
- The Cobbler & His Shop – Howard Robinson
- Brynmawr Market Hall – Eifion Lloyd Davies
Journal – Edition 15
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- Editorial
- “Poor Bloody Infantry”- John Llewellyn Davies
- A Selective History - Colin Morgan
- The Rhys Davies Puzzle - Nathan V.Madison & P.M.Jones
- The 19th Century Merthyr-Brecon Road - Edit 1
- Lady Llanover–Tyrant or Patriot? - Peter Morgan Jones.
- Rhymney’s ‘Egyptian’ Furnaces - Edit.
- Rhymney Heritage Walk & Drive - Dr. Colin Morgan & David Ralph Williams.
- Edit 30. ‘PuddlerJim’ - Dr. Colin Morgan
- Joseph Parry - Kenneth Bryant
- Pen Bryn Oer Crash Site - Wayne Morris
Journal – Edition 14
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- Tretower in the Early 19th Century - Editorial
- Rhymney’s “Cant Jazz Band - Dr. Colin Morgan
- Walter Conway - Editorial
- Bedwellty Workhouse Stone - Editorial
- Beaufort Pit Girls - Editorial
- “Polished Brass” - Iwan Fox
- Blaenavon’s “White Horse” - Nathan Alexander Matthews
- “Nine Arches” - Editorial
- Beaufort Brickyard Workers - Editorial
- “Mauled by a Bear” - Brynmawr Museum
- “Putting in Coal” - Editorial “The Celtic Myth” - Peter Morgan Jones
- “Quoits in Brynmawr” - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- “The Princetown Hoard Affair” - Peter Morgan Jones Heritage
- Forum Plaques - Editorial
- “Early Ironworks” - T. Eric Davies
Journal – Edition 13
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- Editorial:
- Forging Iron
- The Curse of Cholera
- A Rhymney Bridge Level
- Crickhowell & Industry
- Saints’ Day
- Memories of 1930’s Tredegar - George Derrick.
- Usk Vale & Glanusk Park.
- Glimpses from the past - Howard Robinson.
- Brecon Boat
- Ebbw Vale Office Staff
- Nantyglo Housing
- John Jones (Mathetes) - Jeff Darkins
- Pages from Rhymney’s Penuel Register - Jeff Darkins.
- Rhymney Tennis Club in the 1920’s - Dr. Colin Morgan.
- Cold, Colder, Coldest - Peter Morgan Jones.
- Sirhowy in 1932 - Evan Powell
- SUPPLEMENT
- Street Singers of 1926 - W. Irving Davies
Journal – Edition 12
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- A Local Hero - Norman Griffiths
- Keeping your eyes open - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- Ty Trist Colliery, Tredegar - Editor
- Forgotten Voices - Nathan Alexander Matthews
- Blaen Onneu Cairnfield - Editor
- Forgotten Railways - Paul Crawley
- Hill’s Tramroad, Pwll Ddu - Editor
- The Rhymney Truck Act Case of 1886 - Dr. Colin Morgan/ Eifion Lloyd Davies etc.
- Bring Back The Stocks - Editor
- Cefn Golau Cholera Cemetery - Dr. Colin Morgan
- Ebbw Vale Steel Works - Editor
- Ebbw Vale Garden Festival - Editor
- Rhys Davies & The American Connection - Peter Morgan Jones
- SUPPLEMENT The 1849 Californian Gold Rush
Journal – Edition 11
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- The Brecon Canal, Two Hundred Years of History - Editorial
- The Birth of Rhymney - Dr. Colin Morgan.
- Rhymney’s Egyptian Furnaces - Editorial.
- “While Shepherds Watched...” - Jeff Darkins.
- Crawshay Bailey - T. Eric Davies.
- Beaufort Water Tunnel - Editorial.
- Jack The Fifer - John Morgan
- “Murderville” - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- Tredegar’s Jewish Community - George Derrick
- Editorial:
- Going To The Pictures
- Brynmawr’s “Gwalia” Boot Factory
- A Local Tragedy
- The Patches
- The Sirhowy Tramroad.
- Robert Thomson Crawshay of Cyfartha.
- SUPPLEMENT – COMMEMORATING TREDEGAR’S 1911 ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS.
- The Great Unrest - John Morgan
- Immigration into Blaenau Gwent - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- The Perfect Storm - Peter Morgan Jones
Journal – Edition 10
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- Coalbrookdale
- A Local Puzzle
- Bedwellty Park Ice house
- Glan-yr-Afon House
- Ebbw Vale Steelworks
- “Killing The Goose”
- Walter John Conway
- The Railway Tavern
- Sir Daniel Gooch
- Early NHS Experiences
- Private Parry
- Ray Roberts of Rhymney
- “Stealing Coal?”
- A Pontlottyn Level.
- Davies Brothers’ Level, Bryn Oer
- Black Houses.
- Councillor & Culprit
- Diseases in 19th Century Tredegar
- “Myths & Legends”
- “Aunty Lizzie”.
- The Beacons’ Memorial Cairn
- Quoits at Nantyglo.
- Appeals for Information
Journal – Edition 9
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- Samuel Homfray Jun. of Bedwellty House and Tredegar Iron Works – Eric T Davies.
- Pre-NHS Blaina Hospital Finances - Norman Griffiths
- The Upper Clydach Gorge
- Fairy Lore in 18th Century Blaenau Gwent – Frank Olding
- Clydach Iron Works – Photograph
- Tredegar County School Football Team,1914 – Photograph
- Cwm in 1901 and Later – Photograph
- Little Johnny – John Prothero
- Pass Labour – Colin Morgan
- My Dad – George Jenkins
- Lord Tredegar at Bedwellty House – Photograph
- The 1839 Chartist attack on Newport – Editor
- Stories from the 2nd World War – George Derrick
- The Emperor, The Horse, and Police Sgt. Davies – Peter Morgan Jones
- Old Victoria, Ebbw Vale – Photography
Journal – Edition 8
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- John Gaydon Obituary
- Aberbeeg Pack Horse Bridge
- Samuel Homfray - Eric Davies
- Welsh National Anthem - Colin Morgan
- Merthyr and The Bad Men - Peter Morgan Jones
- Clydach Gorge from the Hafod Road
- Bus Services in Monmouthshire & Gwent - Norman Griffiths
- Crumlin Valley Viaduct - Transcribed from 1854 “Illustrated London News”
- Memories of a Cwm Undertaker - Fred Coombes
- A Welsh Grandmother on the Minnesota Frontier - Thomas Lowe Hughes
- The Mysterious Death of Tommy Jones.
- Bedwellty House & Park - Nicole Deufel
- The Beating of Big Nora - Transcribed from 1882 “Merthyr Express”.
- Social Conditions in 19th Century Tredegar.
- Beaufort Rise – Photograph
- Clydach Gorge from Gilwern Hill – Photograph
Journal – Edition 7
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- Clydach Gorge
- A Crimean Veteran - Phillip Prosser
- Nasty Towns? - Editor
- The Hokey-Pokey Man
- Edward Kendall of Beaufort Ironworks - T. Eric Davies
- I’m Sure I know that Face - Ioan Havard Durban
- The Brynmawr Rubber Factory - Norman Griffiths
- Families on the Move - Norma Ashworth
- A Nantybwch Station-master - Greg David
- Sir John Wyndham Beynon Jumps the Rails at Tredegar - Gerald Davies
- Aneurin Bevan and the White Fiver - Barbara Aston
- Daniel Gooch - David Jones
- Memories of my Early Life in Tredegar - Bryan Rendell
- Brynmawr Youthful Memories - Pearl Jones
Journal – Edition 6
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- To the New World - Brenda Jones
- The Mormon Meteor, Part 2 - F. R. Bryner
- The Rise and Fall of Commercial Business in Nantyglo and Garnfach 1817-1950 - Norman Miles Griffiths
- Memories of my Early Life in Tredegar - Bryn Rendell
- An Unruly Pupil - Peter Morgan Jones
- Memories of Aneurin Bevan, my Uncle - Edith Passey
- Merthyr’s Men of Iron - A Dyer
- A letter to Tredegar from author A. J Cronin - A J Cronin
- The Cordell Mythology - Peter Morgan Jones
- Vicar Llewellyn’s Testimonial Fund - Material provided by Peter Haley
- On the Railway - Hayden Davies
- Letter - Howard Robinson
Journal – Edition 5
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- Real History? - Editor
- Welsh Patagonia and Gwent - Colin Morgan
- Researching Blaenafon Chartists, Its Trials and Tribulations - Eifion Lloyd Davies
- A Double Wartime Tragedy - Pritchard Family
- Rich Sources of Information - Peter Morgan Jones
- Down the Graig - Paul Crawley
- One Morning in May - Norman Miles Griffiths
- Sirhowy Memories - Gareth Westacott
- Tredegar Patches - Alan Fox
- Last Flight - Norman Miles Griffiths
- More Notes on Nantyglo Roads and Lanes - Arthur Hardwick
- Tredegar and “The Mormon Meteor” - Robert Bryner
- Glimpses from the Valleys Past - Howard Robinson
- What I See on my Way to School - Ethel Jones
- The Bedwellty House Puzzle - Greg David
- Tredegar Orpheus Male Voice Choir Centenary 1909-2009 - Alan James
Journal – Edition 4
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- A 1960 Visit to Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ebbw Vale – Paul Crawley
- A Last Letter Home – James Whipp
- A Local Roman Road? – Greg David
- Cavaliers and Roundheads – Eifion Lloyd Davies
- The Princetown Hoard – Greg David
- The Sound of Music! – Roger Maggs
- Raising the Ashes – Peter Morgan Jones
- Some Early Memories – Paul Crawley
- The Lost Names of Brynmawr – Eifion Lloyd Davies
- Recollections of Tredegar County School – author unknown
- The Last Working Mule Train – Roger Maggs
- A Riotous Town – Peter Morgan Jones
- One Morning in May 1959 – Norman M Griffiths
- Edwin Jones and the Brynmawr Historical Society – Edwin Lewis Jones
Journal – Edition 3
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- Brecon Beacons Memorial Cairn - Peter Morgan Jones
- I went to work when I was six years old. Extracts from The Childrens’ Employment Commission 1842 - edited by Ian Winstanley
- An Ironmonger’s Tale - Gordon Hayward
- Briery Hill Public Houses - Keith Thomas
- Western Front Memories - John Llewellyn Davies
- One Evening in France - Editor
- Remember our Fallen Warriors - Bernard Edwards
- A Second Duke’s Table, An Early Triangulation Error, The Carno Adit - Karl Martin
- Chartist Cave Mythology? - Peter Morgan Jones
- Salem Chapel - Steven Bartlett & Eifion Lloyd Davies
- Eugene Smith and the Milkman - Editor
- The Gullies and Lanes of Nant y Glo - Eifion Lloyd Davies & Gwyn George
- Interviews with Old Friends - Mr Samuel Evans (Trevil Quarries), William Evans, Mr Robert Usher, Abercarn
- Extracts from Ebbw Vale Works Magazines Volumes 1 and 2 - Photographs by Mr Rodger Burchell
- Brass to Iron - R. J. Matthews
- Is this the way it will be in Heaven?- Catherine Beman
- Powell’s History of Tredegar Reprinted by Blaenau Gwent Heritage Forum - Jeff Darkins
Journal – Edition 2
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- We are at War with Germany - ‘Laughter and Tears of Blaina People’.
- A Tredegar Evacuee - Leslie Churchill
- Dad’s Army It Was Not! - Peter Morgan Jones
- A Wartime Evacuee in Blaina - Donald Percy, an extract from The Rose and The Thorn
- Wartime Humour and Tragedy – stories from George Derreck, a Tredegar man now living in Ontario Canada - George Derreck
- Mud on a Young Man’s Sleeve, Reminiscences of John Lawrence - Transcribed by Jeff Darkins
- William Cecil Proll’s Experiences with the South Wales Borderers in Burma - William Cecil Proll
- A Close Encounter with Mahatma Gandhi - Bert Westacott
- The Royal Observer Corps 1936-1980 - Norman Griffiths
- Wellington Bomber No. T2520 - A. Martin
- The Story of Kadim Ali or the boy who got lost twice - Bert Westacott
- War Time Memories:
- AGPO Engineer - Aneurin Watkins
- ATC Cadet - Keith Thomas
- Extract from Ebbw Vale at War - Keith Thomas
Journal – Edition 1
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- A Journey from Tredegar to Pennsylvania - Transcribed by Peter M. Jones
- Blaenau Gwent Local Studies Centre Tredegar Library, a hidden resource? - Janet Karn.
- Heritage Forum 2007 - A. Martin.
- The Historian’s Evidence: Bedwellty Parish Register - Jeff Darkins.
- The Brynmawr Experiment, Brynmawr Furniture - Brynmawr Museum Society.
- A Guide to Street Names of Brynmawr - Eifion Lloyd Davies.
- Fire and Destruction at Brynmawr - Peter M. Jones, Edwin Jones