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Duncan Marshall January 30th 2006

Interesting, informative site. I need some video footage of former bell pits for a video on foundation failure. Does anyone know where the photo on this site was taken? Thanks.

John Stundon January 20th 2006

A lot of hard work done by a few for hundreds of people to enjoy

Brian Williams January 15th 2006

WALKED UP TO THE SITE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THIRTY SIX YEARS!AS I RECALL THERE WAS A FAIR BIT OF IRON WORK AROUND DOWN CAST SHAFTHEAD QUITE ORNATE BARLEY TWIST COLUMNS ETC AND A LOT OF LEVERS AND RODDING THAT APPEARED TO BE MADE OF BRONZE???

Norman Williams January 15th 2006

As a former miner at North Celynen colliery & Oakdale it is great to see our heritage being preserved.
keep up the good work!

Simon Chapman December 23rd 2005

The derelict Glyn Pits was one of the saddest sights in Britain so I am so pleased that work is underway to conserve it. Please do it with sympathy for an historical site of such importance; too many similar industrial sites are being "titivated" and losing their essential character - visit the Slate Museum at Llanberis and see how ticket office, cafeteria and disabled lift do NOT fit in!! Glyn Pits is a splendid effort, keep up the good work. Next the engine house at British, the Cwmburgwym water balance winder, Crumlin Navigation Colliery, etc., etc.

Martyn Gomersall December 22nd 2005

A great site for some history of our British Mining Heritage - Well Done!

Dave Collins November 6th 2005

Nice site. Just in case anyone is interested, there is an article on Cwmffrwdoer in the latest edition of Welsh Football magazine. The club play on what was formerly the welfare ground for the local pit ("Jack Pit")

sara November 5th 2005

I think this is a wonderful site it is very important to show the future generations what life was really like.great job granch

Gary Taylor October 21st 2005

My father Frank Taylor worked in the pits all his life, as a fireman, he told me many things about the glyn pits, i love going up there to visit, well done Clive good job.

Bryan Vaux September 15th 2005

My grandfarther Samuel Vaux worked at Glyn Pit
from when he left school 1904ish for many years
later worked in Trepentws Pontygasseg.He lived
in Edwards st then moved to Hanbury rd,
Pontnewenedd. great site,
a lot work thank you B Vaux

Alan May September 8th 2005

HI Great site keep up the good work
my father in law work in the old glyn is name is Wilf Teague my wife is Brenda Teague

Richard OKeefe May 24th 2005

Nice one, but i think you should focus on improving a little bit and putting new content. Ohterwise i always encourage such ideas.

Francis Johnson March 13th 2005

My great great grand, father John Johnson worked the mines from around 1850-1891 as did his children. One child, Hugh Johnson had the nerve to get away, made it to America and had a wonderful life. Pontypool is a remarkable place that I will visit again next year.
Frank Johnson
Melbourne, Fl USA

David Johnson February 15th 2005

MY FATHER ORIGINATES FROM PONTYPOOL I ALSO HAVE TWO SISTERS WHO LIVE IN TREVETHIN ,I USED TO STAY WITH MY AUNTIE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.STILL VISIT MY SISTERS FROM TIME TO TIME,I ENJOYED READING ALL ABOUT THE GLYN PITS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

Richard Eley February 10th 2005

Hi Guys,
Watch the video, its great. I have a new site with photo's of Pontypool and Surrounding area http://www.richardeley.fotopic.net/
Pop over and have a look if you get chance

Richard

Bryn Priddle January 24th 2005

Gerald Davies ( off the British I hope)any chance of an e-mail long time since we seen each other.
Bryn

Bill Joy January 18th 2005

A very interesting site. My Great Grandfather Benjamin Joy lived at Lower Race and Old Furnace (1881) and was a Timberman Below Ground. All the male members of his family were miners and my Grandfather lost his life while working at the Pentwyn Level, suffocated by foul air along with one other on 16 Jan 1922. This site gives a clear picture of what life was like for them. Thank you

David Croom January 8th 2005

Very interesting. I used to stay with my grandmother in Pontypool and I remember as a youngster in the early 60s playing over the Race and finding the boiler in steam and the whole site apparently deserted

Bryn Priddle December 26th 2004

An Excellent site
Being an ex miner I spend some of my time searching for other mining sites and found yours to be one of the best.well done
Bryn

webmaster@pontyfool.co.uk September 29th 2004

I like your site I found the information good and I have added this site to my website links @ www.pontyfool.co.uk

Glyn Hale August 7th 2004

Well done, an excellent site. You may like to know that I've just placed a link to you on my Oakdale website :
www.oakdalevillage.net

Richard Eley June 28th 2004

Excellent site, enjoyed reading all of it. I am an amateur photographer and have lots of pictures of Pontypool and surrounding area. They can be seen at www.photoboxgallery.com/pontypool

Noelle Thomas June 26th 2004

I'm researching my husbands family, his grandfather Alfed Jones was born in pontypool. His father Oliver Jones worked as an refiner at an iron works somewhere in Pontypool. enjoyed your page

Claire Karriqi June 18th 2004

IM TRYING TO TRACE MY FAMILY(LLEWELLYN) MY GRANDAD WAS BROUGHT UP IN FORGE ROW PONTYPOOL. ITS GREAT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE.

Marlene November 17th 2003

Excellent ,now i can see where my ancestor`s worked and how hard it must have been living and working for them and other`s at that time, very informative.

Anthony McCarthy September 28th 2003

Brilliant! After visiting the site some years ago it nice to see the history as well. good work.

Gerald Nicholas February 23rd 2003

Excellent work.

Mr Bev West & Family February 12th 2003

As a friend and neighbour of our local Councillor Mr Neil Waite , Neil gave this site to look at via the internet. And I must say I'm so glad he did as it's a wonderful and brilliant site indeed with so much history of the old Glyn Pit which I'm so interested in...Once again thanks for a super site.

Steven Oakden February 12th 2003

Very pleased and interested to find your website. I have written an article on the railway from Mynedd Maen to Hafodyrnys and the locos that used to work it. This line went past the Glyn Pits.

I am trying to contact a Howard White from Pontypool who used to work on the locos especially one called HMB. (Hugh Milton Bytheway). If anyone knows where he is I would be glad to hear from them.

Steven Oakden
York

Kendell Hyde --- Ogden, Utah February 4th 2003

I am looking forward to a visit to this area next summer. Two of my great-grandparents were born in this area. ---Blackers and Lovedays ---and I believe thier parents worked in the coal mines. They migrated to the US and worked in coal mines in Almy, Wyoming.
khyde12@attbi.com

Dave Hawkins, Charleston, SC, US January 24th 2003

Thanks for a job well done. I was born and raised in the Long Row and my uncle,Charles Harris, worked at the Glyn Pit. Considering the hardships they endured my uncle lived into his nineties, he used to tell me stories about it when I was younger. My grandfather and other uncles used to work underground also and all had the usual blue scars to prove it. Unfortunately when I was younger I never listened as intently as I wished I had. Thanks so much for putting on the website that which I missed. Even living as far away as I do now not a time goes by without I visit the remains of the Long Row or take a walk up the mountain and remember the way things were. I would also like to congratulate my good friend, councilor Neil Waite, for the job he did writing and producing his book. Thanks again

David January 17th 2003

Moved to Abersychan five years ago from cwmbran.
Great for someone to take the time to write about
the History of pontypool. Very informative site,
keep up the good work.

J. Stundon

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Brian and Barbara Harris January 8th 2003

Very informative website

Leyton Williams-Davies (Cwmynyscoy) January 1st 2003

Excellent website. Very interesting and informative. Its great to see our industrial heritage being preserved in this way.

Jim Hodges December 30th 2002

I have been visiting the pits since the early sixties & think its wonderful someone is actually now doing something.

Gerald Davies December 22nd 2002

As an ex-Abersychan boy (living in Yorkshire), my great grandfather was a victim of the Llanerch Disaster of 1891. I still visit his grave in Ebenezer, Pontnewynydd (and also see many other victims' graves around him). I therefore have a great affinity to your Website. Congratulations on its professional image, and good luck promoting Glyn Pits in the future.

Neil Waite

Great Site Well Done. We must remind people of our heritage and what our families had to endure, the work,the way they lived the conditions they had to endure and the hardships. This site explains many of the difficulties of our fore fathers and the dangers they were exposed to. Well Done

Viv Roberts

Thanks! Excellent! 20 years of and on in the mining industry and still miss it. Thanks again.

John Down

I'm proud to be only the second guest to this super site. Although I have seen many of the photos before, the text is very, very interesting. My father worked at both the Llanerch and Blaenserchan (and several other local pits), so your site provides a fascinating insight into what he must have seen.

Gordon Hoffmann

Excellent site!. I am glad someone is keeping this important history alive for the next generation. Only had a brief look as it's quite late now. I will return soon for a longer look. My grandfather was a rope splicer from Newcastle. Well done!