WPW032440 WALES (1930). View of Brynmawr, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.

Market Hall Cinema 24/08/2013

Dear all, thank you very much for taking the time to contribute to this image, we've checked and verified your comments using digital 3rd edition of the Ordinance Survey maps in order to correct the location to Brynmawr.



Natasha Scullion

Britain from Above Activity Officer

This shot is of Brynmawr and not Ebbw Vale.

This is an image of Brynmawr.The Merthyr to Abergavenny Railway line runs from the bottom left of the picture and diappears to wards Abegavenny down the Clydach Gorge to the top of the page.The Great Western line from Brynmawr to Aberbeeg and Newport also leaves the shot at the bottom right.The LNWR line to Blaenavon goes off to the right where the image is damaged.

This shot is of Brynmawr about 4 miles from Ebbw Vale.

This is Brynmawr town centered on "The Square"

This is the Wefare park, Brynmawr, looking east to Clydach Gorge,I can see my geat uncles pub and workshop, "the King David" The houses in the foreground were built in the mid 50's, as a child I lived in Lansbury road which is just out of shot.