Alexei’s mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers, in a quest for conversations with strangers that will reveal their lives, hopes, dreams and destinations. I'm trying to find any information on my Grandfather Bill or William Luke who played in various bands in Maesteg for many years. I'm after pictures, sound recordings, anything showing the band. He died in 1981. I have all the family tree type records. Here's hoping. Along the way, Alexei holds a finger into the wind of the thoughts and moods of the great British travelling public. There’s humour, sadness and surprise as people reveal what is going on in their lives and, as Alexei passes through familiar towns and cities, he also delves into his own personal stories of a childhood in Liverpool and a long career as a comedian, actor and author. Primary and secondary education is available through the medium of Welsh, there are Welsh-language chapels, and the headquarters of Menter yr Iaith Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr is based in the town. The Welsh-language author and Welsh-medium education campaigner Norah Isaac was born and raised in Caerau. She was described as 'the most influential individual in the history of Welsh-medium education' by Iolo Wyn Williams in his book Our Children's Language: The Welsh-Medium Schools of Wales, 1939-2000. Wales' first ever Welsh-language nursery was opened in Maesteg in 1949.

We are trying to get information about MEGAN PRICE she was born at home to PERCY PRICE and EDITH PRICE 0N 12TH AUGUST 1917at 8 PLEASANT VIEW ,BRYNMENYN,BRIDGEND.We believe she had sisters and EDITH died in 1919.

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Looking for information on Theophilus Scourfield born 1823 in Tenby, married @ St. Cynwyds Church Llangynwyd in 1849 to Ann Stephens. I believe he died in 1886 Bridgend and would like to know if he is buried @ St. Cynwyds? Thanks for any help. looking for details of my grandfather Idris Morgan married to Sarah Richards.Children from marriage, Edgar, William, Etta, Mary & David. Lived in Bethania St,next door to Royal Oak.Would also be very interested in Richards and Madoc connections The Cambrian/Llynfi Works attracted investment capital from a number of prominent figures of the early Victorian period, including the poet William Wordsworth, who was a Cambrian shareholder in the early 1840s, the gin distiller Sir Felix Booth, and the writer and radical politician Dr John Bowring. [11] Bowring invested heavily in the Llynfi Works in the mid-1840s and, for a number of years, that part of the valley around his works was known as Bowrington. During his association with the Maesteg district, he campaigned in Parliament for a decimal system of coinage and was largely responsible for the introduction of Britain's first decimal coin, the florin or two shilling piece (now the ten pence piece). John Bowring lost his capital in the trade depression of the late 1840s, although the iron company continued trading. After his Llynfi venture, John Bowring became British Consul in Canton, China, and was Governor of Hong Kong from 1854 to 1859.

When you come to Maesteg, your **** alarm will explode! Wherever you turn, there is always a **** there, either smoking, or riding a ****** old bike. The majority of *****, come from either Caerau (a sub-town of Maesteg) or Oakwood (a council estate based in Garth, another sub-town of Maesteg). You rarely see goth’s and emo’s in Maesteg, because of it’s high population of *****. The community of Maesteg had a population of 17,580 in the 2011 census and includes Nantyffyllon. [5] The built-up area having a population of 21,000. The largest religion in the valley is Christianity; [19] [20] the majority of denominations are Nonconformist. There are many churches and chapels in the Maesteg area, several of which have been converted into flats because they are no longer used for religious purposes. There is a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in one of Maesteg's villages, Nantyffyllon. Comedy icon Alexei Sayle continues his series of rail journeys across the country with a trip from the regency elegance of Cheltenham to Maesteg, deep in the heart of the former mining communities of South Wales.Last stall leaves 135-year-old indoor Maesteg Market". BBC. 13 April 2018 . Retrieved 28 June 2021. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p.531. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6. Maesteg Town Council has seventeen representatives covering the four electoral wards of Maesteg East (5), Maesteg West (5), Nantyffyllon (3) and Caerau (4). [18] Until recently, there had been a majority of Labour members for over forty years. Following mass resignations from the local Labour Party as a result of an internal row over candidate selections, several Councillors resigned from the party and now sit as independents. The make-up of the council as of June 2019 is 9 Labour and 8 Llynfi Independents members. Trying to trace my grandmothers sister(s). My grandmother was Edith May Brooks (1901-1979), married John Scrace and William Radford and lived in Maidenhead,Berkshire,England. We believe she had a sister called Gertrude who lived in Maespeg who married Charlie Williams and had children - namely a daughter called Stella and possibly another daughter and son. If anyone knows any links could they please let me know. Thanks, Ruth