In Starting this gallery of Places and People of
Aberafan I invite all that wish to contribute.To send in their photographs
to John, the site editor, who will then upload them onto the Gallery Page
the site needs all kinds of Photographic material relating to Aberafan
and Port Talbot and the surrounding area. If you wish to send in a family
story, or you want to write an article then there are pages on the site
for just that purpose, some have already sent in their stories and they
are now on the website. we designed this site so that all could actively
get involved. |
To Contact John |
We wish to Thank Mr Idris Wadey for Submitting this
photograph of a football match at Kenfig Hill between Aberavon and we
assume Kenfig Hill in 1934, kicking the football is a Mr Pryce Jenkins.
The caption reads |
In the early 1900,s a German By the name of Hoffman had a bakery in the street he trundled his bread about the borough in a large hand cart these wheels are from that Cart |
How many of us used to ride on this swingboat that was on the sands of Aberafan beach for many years. Pulling hard on the ropes to get a big swing Sadly now there are no swings of any kind |