Entries by Ed1
Do you know this family?
I wonder if any of your members are able to help me. My Great Grandparents, George and Elizabeth Trott lived at Ty Llwyd, Resolven in the 1920’s and George was a miner. I have two photographs featuring my great grandmother, which seem to have been taken at a hospital or other institution. I am not […]
More from John in Luton Searching for Sam Lloyd
Hello everyone! Well!!!!! I’m over the moon that someone, ( Dafydd in Vancouver), has replied to my question about Sam Lloyd the poet. I am John Desmond Jones or Des Jones. We lived in Clyne, up the hill from Lletty Dafydd. I and now 94 years of age and living in Luton. —Councillor Des Davies […]
A question from Resolvenite Dafydd Jones in Vancouver
Re. article entitled “ Message from a Resolvenite from Luton“ prompts me to another question concerning our village poet Mr. Sam Lloyd. He once approached me on Commercial Road to ask my help finding a final home for his poetry, which he held as a thick wedge of lined paper in an envelope as we talked […]
Cold Start Today
RHEOLA LAKE PENTRECLWYDAU IMAGES by MIKE DAVIES
Report on Resolfen History Society’s January Meeting
It is arguable whether this was the first meeting of a new decade or merely the start of another new year, since there wasn’t a year “zero” by all accounts. What is certain,is that the History Society were reacquainted with an old friend in Jeff Childs, this month’s speaker. Jeff is a very well-known local […]
Message from Resolvenite in Luton
Des Jones, now in his nineties, has delighted us before with his memories of growing up and working in Resolven, so it is great to hear from him again. Hello everyone, A Happy New Year to you all! In my last year at Glyncastle Colliery, Mr Sam Lloyd and I were part of the gang in […]
The Highest Tides
The River Neath The highest tides in the world can be found in Canada’s Bay of Fundy at Burntcoat Head in Nova Scotia, The 2nd highest tides are around the coast of South Wales UK Witness these high tides in springtime and winter with these images taken around the Neath river area showing just how powerful the sea […]
Wolf Moon Rising
The remarkably bright wolf moon seen rising over the Vale of Neath. Picture taken with an early start and with just a window space before the clouds gathered. IMAGE by MIKE DAVIES
WOLF MOON
Star gazers will be treated to a double lunar event to start the new decade as the “wolf moon” coincides with a penumbra lunar eclipse The first full moon of January, which is nicknamed the “wolf moon,” will appear opposite the sun on Friday at 2:21 p.m. and will appear full until Sunday morning, according to NASA.” “Star” source […]
An Intruder in Mike‘s Garden
Imagine this. You’re enjoying a morning brew in your garden. The blue tits are calling to one another, the goldfinches are feeding, and the blackbird is staking his claim over the land with his fluid, musical song. Suddenly, the blackbird’s song ceases to flow. Instead it becomes that frantic chip chip! – The intruder alarm […]
Mike Davies Captures Banwen Miners’ Hunt on Camera
Despite the damp grey skies there was, as always, a good gathering in Neath on Boxing Day to greet the Banwen Miners’ Hunt. Report, pictures and video by MIKE DAVIES you can find the video with live footage on youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEz-GlAkBzE […]