Step back in time with fascinating old images of Cwmbran, Wales.
In 1949, local government planners designated the villages of Old Cwmbran, Pontnewydd, Upper Cwmbran, Henllys, Croesyceiliog, Llantarnam, and Llanyrafon as the starting point for the new town of Cwmbran. With new housing and industrial estates swelling the number of local residents, this corner of the South Wales Coalfield became the sixth largest urban area of Wales. It’s now home to roughly 50,000 people.
Old Photos of Cwmbran
Uploaded by Graham ap Robert to publicise the Facebook Group ‘Cwmbran past and present’, this is a jolly 4 minute photo montage of the town through many decades.
Cwmbran past and present – Graham ap Robert on YouTube
Cwmbran Then & Now
YouTube channel CwmbranClub compiled a photo montage which starts by introducing the area and then comparing old and new photos of the same locations. Promoting the The Cwmbran Club Facebook group.
Cwmbran Changes – on YouTube
Victorian Cwmbran
Carole Lewis wrote the book Victorian Cwmbran, available on Amazon Kindle.
Victorian Cwmbran – on YouTube
Photos of Industrial Sites 1980s/1990s
In the 1980s and early 1990s, an amateur photographer took photographs of a number of disused industrial sites and associated settlements around South East Wales.
Locations included Cwmbran, Pontypool, Blaenavon, & Clydach.
Since then, many of these sites have been demolished or altered. The photographs clearly identify each location.
Old Industrial Sites: Cwmbran, Pontypool, Blaenavon, Clydach (Gwent UK) – on YouTube
Torfaen, Blaenavon & Cwmbran
In 1997, TV series Your Century, presented by Nicola Heywood-Thomas, featured archive film footage and photographs together with personal memories from many towns around Wales.
Torfaen Blaenavon and Cwmbran – on YouTube
Flash Mob Freeze 2010
On 30 June 2010 at 1pm, Gwent Square experienced a flash mob freeze.
Cwmbran Flash Mob Freeze – 30/06/2010 – on YouTube
More pages about Wales
- Old Images of Monmouth, Wales
- Old Images of Blaenau Gwent, Wales
- Old Images of Monmouthshire, Wales
- Old Images of Pembrokeshire, Wales
- Old Images of Llanybydder, Wales
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