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Recording the history of the highest town in south Wales
  • Brynmawr School walks
    Brynmawr School walks
  • Brynmawr Swimming Pool, 1930s
    Brynmawr Swimming Pool, 1930s
  • Postman at Clydach Dingle
    Postman at Clydach Dingle

Welcome to Brynmawr Community Archive

This is the website of one of the groups in the Gwent Heritage network of community archives. Here you can browse through our collection of local historical material, which includes photos, old documents and the memories of local people.

Find out more about us or get in touch.

Featured items
  • Valmai Myfanwy Cashmore

    Valmai Myfanwy Cashmore

  • Brynmawr Fire Brigade on parade, 1927

    Brynmawr Fire Brigade on parade, 1927

  • Blaina Road, 1980

    Blaina Road, 1980

  • Brynmawr

    Brynmawr

  • Nick Carter - Army Motorcyclist

    Nick Carter - Army Motorcyclist

  • Semtex factory side view from pond

    Semtex factory side view from pond

Recent items
  • Nursery

    Nursery

  • T.J.Davies

    T.J.Davies

  • Royal and Ancient Order of Buffalos - Brynmawr Branch

    Royal and Ancient Order of Buffalos - Brynmawr Branch

  • Valmai Myfanwy Cashmore

    Valmai Myfanwy Cashmore

  • Captain James Moore

    Captain James Moore

  • margaret wates

    margaret wates

Main categories
  • Buildings (838)
  • Locations (4)
  • Sport (146)
  • Themes (1,053)
  • Work (570)
  • Transport (249)
  • Gender (666)
  • Format (1,051)
  • People (662)
Popular locations

These are the most popular locations used on the site. The more popular the keyword, the bigger the font size.

  • Beaufort Ironworks (1)
  • Birdhouse (1)
  • Buffs Club (1)
  • RAOB Club (1)
  • Nantyglo (47)
  • Holy Trinity Church (4)
  • Semtex Rubber Factory (27)
  • Blaenant Opencast (1)
  • Brynmawr Station (14)
  • Wembley (1)

View all the locations used in this catalogue.

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