The society meets every Monday morning at Gorseinon Library between
9.30 - 11. 30 am.
The aim of the society is to collect photographs and stories of Gorseinon and its surrounding areas and to place them on their web site for future reference.
The web site can be found at
www.gorseinon-history.com
We are always on the look out for photographs of any age and of any subject - people, places, trips, groups etc. If you would like to see your old photographs on the site, please bring them along to Gorseinon Library - all photos are scanned in while you wait and are returned immediately.
We would like to preserve these photographs now before they are lost or destroyed forever. Please help us.
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Neil Hempstead from Rhymney Valley
Has anyone got photos of the Gwalia Stores in Gwalia Terrace around 1900 - my great grandfather, David Christmas Morris, ran it sometime from before 1891 until after 1901 (according to the census records)...
Mon Jun 15 16:05:53 2009
Marshall-Rees from Hampshire
Edgar and Betty Bowditch ran a dance school in Gorseinon in the mid to late 70s. Edgar was a great man taught me to dance from the age of 9 to 14. Does anyone know where he is buried?
Fri Jun 12 18:21:12 2009
Chris Ogborne from Bristol
Does anyone know the location of Brynderwen Place, Swansea Road, Loughor? My family research has led me to this address, but I would love to know if it is still there, or if it is now called a different name or house number?
Thu Jun 11 15:45:35 2009
Karen Mason, Colchester, essex
I am trying to find some old photographs of the Bryngwyn Hall in Gorseinon. My parents Jan and Jack Mason used to own it and I and my sister were born there and lived there for several years. Even though I have moved away from Wales, my roots and heart remain. Sadly my mother passed away three years ago, I would love to hear from anyone who remembers my family.
Wed Apr 29 13:58:18 2009
Julie Macey - Bristol
My grandmother, Elizabeth Hope worked at the Gorseinon Hotel, Penderry abt. 1911. She married Edmund Inman who lived at 7 Windsor Terrace, Gorseinon, Penderry. I would be grateful for any details.
Tue Mar 24 17:29:07 2009
Christine Evans Llanelli Carmarthenshire
I am researching my family tree and I know some relatives of mine were living in Gorseinon in the 1900. The address I have is 65 High Street and I have been told that it may have been a bakery called Hansons. It was run by my great great grandfather whose name was Henry Isaac Hanson he wasn't Welsh but was from Huddersfield in Yorkshire.
Tue Mar 24 16:27:19 2009
Carole Randall
I am trying to find information on my grandmother's brother David Jones, who was killed in an explosion at Jones Bros. Garage, West Street, Gorseinon in 1934/5. Has anyone got photos or news cuttings from newspapers at the time?
Mon Jan 26 15:37:50 2009
Peter Sanders from Reading
During the 'fifties I lived at the Station Hotel, opposite the old Gorseinon railway station. There was a cinema next door [to] the pub called 'The Electra'. My parents kept the pub until they moved to Loughor about 1959. We came to Gorseinon from the more genteel (or so it seemed to my parents) Killay.
My first memory of the place was at night seeing across the road a train load of coal en route from Mountain Colliery to the station and pulled by a colliery engine. The line ran parallel to the main road until it curved round to meet the main line. The sight of the engine's firebox glowing in the dark still remains with me; it seemed to my childish imagination like some sort of fiery beast.
Anyone still about who frequented the 'Gyp' (alternative name for the pub) in those far off days? I have photos of some of the then customers.
Mon Jan 26 15:25:47 2009
Owen John
Does anyone know where I can find the history of The Mountain Colliery in Gorseinon?
Fri Jan 16 10:36:57 2009
Sheila Francis from Loughor
I am trying to help a man from West Wales, he asks if someone can tell him about the Mr Williams who was a local benefactor and gave Loughor Park to the village. He lived in the USA and was a very rich man - who would have these details that I can pass on?
Mon Dec 1 11:18:46 2008
Tom Lisk Gorseinon
In regards to...the dance hall in Gorseinon. It was called the Lucania - Luke for short. During the war there were a lot of American soldiers stationed at grovesend, and they used to come to the dance on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Us young lads of the area used to sit and watch them jiving and jitterbugging. The Luke had a band playing there called 'The Roy Allen Broadcasting Band' - they had played on the radio ,which was a big thing in those days .
Tue Feb 5 14:33:12 2008
Gill Morris from France
Does anyone have info. about the Morses, Morris' and Gravell's from Lougher?
Fri Jan 11 10:28:33 2008
Lyndon Roy, Wimbledon
I have two sets of ancestors who lived in the area: the Rosser Family, who lived at Island House, Penderry and the Edwards who lived at Lliw Forge. Do these two buildings still exist? If so where are they and does anyone know anything of these families, or sources of relevant infrmation, for the period from the mid 19th Century to early 20th? I know the Rossers were gamekeepers and the Edwards were forgemen.
Mon Dec 31 11:11:28 2007
David Owen from Yorkshire
I am looking for any information about Arthur Owen and Sarah Hannah Owen who lived at Frampton Rd Gorseinon.Which chapel did they attend?
Tue Dec 4 10:35:51 2007
k smith swansea
Does anybody have any info on the family of William Robins (tinplate annealer) from Devon who lived in Lewis street, Gorseinon, around 1900 with his wife, Louisa, nee Bradley who was born near Cowbridge in 1874?
Wed Nov 14 12:30:43 2007
Jonathan, Loughor
Thoroughly enjoy looking at the website and really gets me thinking. Just moved to Loughor and would love to see more pictures online
Thu Sep 27 17:06:49 2007
Colin Beresford from Gorseinon
I am trying to find old photographs of Hospital Road, Garn Goch. Can anybody help?
Fri Jul 6 13:26:27 2007
joan thomas from Loughor
I'm trying to find photos of the old railway station in Gorseinon. Can anyone help me please?
Wed Jun 6 09:38:13 2007
David Jones - Porthcawl
Does anyone know of a drapers shop in High St. known as Manchester House in the early 1900's, and managed by an Esther Davies nee James. Would like to get picture of shop or former position.
Mon Jan 29 09:28:03 2007
Norm, Queensland Australia
The name of the dance hall in Brighton Rd was The Lucania.
Run by Edgar and Betty Bowditch.
Norm.
Fri Sep 1 08:57:51 2006
Fran from North London
Can anyone remember Bryngwyn Hall in Gorseinon and its origins? It was between Garden Village and Gorseinon.
Mon Jul 17 09:28:21 2006
Gaye Morse, Oxon
I am trying to find out what the name of the dance hall was in Gorseinon in the late 40's. My parents used to go there in their youth and we can't remember the name. Maybe it began with an M? thanks.
Mon Jun 5 09:13:40 2006
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