Blackwood
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Blackwood – Iris’ War
Our first meeting of the new year was held on Tuesday 21st January. Mr Ewart Smith, agreed to talk to us regarding his aunt who, during WW2, spent the war […]
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Blackwood – Social Evening
We met again on Tuesday 17th December for our monthly evening at Blackwood Comprehensive School. It being the festive season,
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Blackwood – Christmas Lunch
The branch met on Tuesday 10th December at the Halfway Inn in Gelligroes, where we held our Christmas lunch.
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Blackwood – “Being Father Christmas”
Our meeting on 19th November was well attended with 26 members and visitors present. Following the usual announcements, the branch settled back to hear our speaker for the evening, […]
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Blackwood – World War 1 through school records.
On 12thMarch, we were entertained with an absorbing talk by Rhiannon Phillips, from the Gwent Archives.
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Blackwood – Research Evening – 12th Feb
Blackwood Branch research evening is on Tuesday, February 12th at 6.45pm in the staffroom of Blackwood Comprehensive School. The branch has produced many local CDs and a range of other […]
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Blackwood – Christmas Lunch
On Tuesday, 4th December, the Branch stalwarts met at the Three Horseshoes Pub in Pentwynmawr, for lunch. The venue was chosen following the success of our Summer lunch held there […]
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Blackwood – Older records for family historians
The members were captivated by a talk by Kia Michael and Gareth Thomas from the Gwent Family Archives on 13th November 2018. The amount of information available was truly mind […]
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Blackwood – Betty Perry’s Family
At our October meeting, we welcomed Branch member Mrs Elizabeth (Betty) Perry who had agreed to give a talk on her family history.
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Newport Branch – “We Don’t Always Know Who We Think We Are” : Richard Lockett
Richard, one of the Newport group members, gave his first talk to us on 29th August – and it was a very good one.