Our resource centre at Aberkenfig (near #Bridgend) has an extensive library of resources for family historians - check out the catalogues here: www.glamfhs.org.uk/home/aberken... - please get in touch if you’d like to visit (contact details on webpage). #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Glamorgan
Aberkenfig Resource Centre
www.glamfhs.org.uk
November 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Our resource centre at Aberkenfig (near #Bridgend) has an extensive library of resources for family historians - check out the catalogues here: www.glamfhs.org.uk/home/aberken... - please get in touch if you’d like to visit (contact details on webpage). #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Glamorgan
The bingo walk - Aberkenfig up to Cefn Cribwr then down Kenfig Hill. Many buses have conked out climbing Aberkenfig hill and Kenfig Hill.
January 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The bingo walk - Aberkenfig up to Cefn Cribwr then down Kenfig Hill. Many buses have conked out climbing Aberkenfig hill and Kenfig Hill.
We didn't get to see the Phonics this weekend (gutted), but we had a nice wander down the coast.
July 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We didn't get to see the Phonics this weekend (gutted), but we had a nice wander down the coast.
Next week - #Bridgend branch meeting on Monday 16th December, 7.30pm, Aberkenfig Resource Centre. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
December 13, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Next week - #Bridgend branch meeting on Monday 16th December, 7.30pm, Aberkenfig Resource Centre. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
This week’s events:
Aberkenfig Resource Centre open Tuesday 14 Oct 10am-2pm - visit to explore our extensive library & research collection, with help from friendly volunteers: www.glamfhs.org.uk/home/aberken...
Merthyr branch AGM: Tuesday 14 Oct, 2pm, Soar Centre, Pontmorlais (members only)
Aberkenfig Resource Centre open Tuesday 14 Oct 10am-2pm - visit to explore our extensive library & research collection, with help from friendly volunteers: www.glamfhs.org.uk/home/aberken...
Merthyr branch AGM: Tuesday 14 Oct, 2pm, Soar Centre, Pontmorlais (members only)
Aberkenfig Resource Centre
www.glamfhs.org.uk
October 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This week’s events:
Aberkenfig Resource Centre open Tuesday 14 Oct 10am-2pm - visit to explore our extensive library & research collection, with help from friendly volunteers: www.glamfhs.org.uk/home/aberken...
Merthyr branch AGM: Tuesday 14 Oct, 2pm, Soar Centre, Pontmorlais (members only)
Aberkenfig Resource Centre open Tuesday 14 Oct 10am-2pm - visit to explore our extensive library & research collection, with help from friendly volunteers: www.glamfhs.org.uk/home/aberken...
Merthyr branch AGM: Tuesday 14 Oct, 2pm, Soar Centre, Pontmorlais (members only)
Aberkenfig Resource Centre is open this Saturday. Get in touch to book a place, or just drop in for a cuppa and a chat. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Glamorgan #Bridgend
November 14, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Aberkenfig Resource Centre is open this Saturday. Get in touch to book a place, or just drop in for a cuppa and a chat. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Glamorgan #Bridgend
Next week’s branch meetings:
Mon 16th June - Bridgend, 7.30pm, Len Evans Hall, Aberkenfig
Tue 17th June - Pontypridd & Rhondda, 7.00pm, Pontypridd Museum - No Pasaran: Welsh Volunteers and the International Brigade - talk by Darren Macey
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Glamorgan #Bridgend #Pontypridd
Mon 16th June - Bridgend, 7.30pm, Len Evans Hall, Aberkenfig
Tue 17th June - Pontypridd & Rhondda, 7.00pm, Pontypridd Museum - No Pasaran: Welsh Volunteers and the International Brigade - talk by Darren Macey
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Glamorgan #Bridgend #Pontypridd
June 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Next week’s branch meetings:
Mon 16th June - Bridgend, 7.30pm, Len Evans Hall, Aberkenfig
Tue 17th June - Pontypridd & Rhondda, 7.00pm, Pontypridd Museum - No Pasaran: Welsh Volunteers and the International Brigade - talk by Darren Macey
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Glamorgan #Bridgend #Pontypridd
Mon 16th June - Bridgend, 7.30pm, Len Evans Hall, Aberkenfig
Tue 17th June - Pontypridd & Rhondda, 7.00pm, Pontypridd Museum - No Pasaran: Welsh Volunteers and the International Brigade - talk by Darren Macey
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Glamorgan #Bridgend #Pontypridd
Thinking about it - I’ve no idea what they were doing in Aberkenfig because the local bingo hall was in Kenfig Hill. Maybe Aberkenfig were holding a snowball, then the real snow fell.
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Thinking about it - I’ve no idea what they were doing in Aberkenfig because the local bingo hall was in Kenfig Hill. Maybe Aberkenfig were holding a snowball, then the real snow fell.
Sad to see the sex shop has gone from Aberkenfig. Where else could you buy a dildo, fishing tackle and a gun on one Welsh street?
March 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Sad to see the sex shop has gone from Aberkenfig. Where else could you buy a dildo, fishing tackle and a gun on one Welsh street?
Happy St Patrick’s Day. Painting of the Holly Bush Inn, a 19th C Irish pub in South Wales - Aberkenfig. Opened by my gt gt grandfather Michael Moloney, who came over during the Famine, and his Welsh wife Mary Griffiths, both shown here below in a copy of an original photo.
March 17, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Happy St Patrick’s Day. Painting of the Holly Bush Inn, a 19th C Irish pub in South Wales - Aberkenfig. Opened by my gt gt grandfather Michael Moloney, who came over during the Famine, and his Welsh wife Mary Griffiths, both shown here below in a copy of an original photo.
Yfory! Tomorrow!
Gweithdy casglu enwau lleoedd, Canolfan Adnoddau Abercynffig 13:00-19:00 24/9/26
Place names collection workshop, Aberkenfig Resource Centre 13:00-19:00 24/9/26
Gweithdy casglu enwau lleoedd, Canolfan Adnoddau Abercynffig 13:00-19:00 24/9/26
Place names collection workshop, Aberkenfig Resource Centre 13:00-19:00 24/9/26
September 23, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Yfory! Tomorrow!
Gweithdy casglu enwau lleoedd, Canolfan Adnoddau Abercynffig 13:00-19:00 24/9/26
Place names collection workshop, Aberkenfig Resource Centre 13:00-19:00 24/9/26
Gweithdy casglu enwau lleoedd, Canolfan Adnoddau Abercynffig 13:00-19:00 24/9/26
Place names collection workshop, Aberkenfig Resource Centre 13:00-19:00 24/9/26
#Maesteg #Pontycymmer #Porthcawl #PortTalbot #Bridgend #Aberkenfig #Tondu #McauthurglenBridgend #Caerau #Cymmer
#welcomebreaksarn
#welcomebreaksarn
Empty Property Support Sessions
Do you own an empty property and want support to bring it back into use?
This February, our Empty Property team will be offering 1:1 support sessions.
🔗 www.bridgend.gov.uk/residents/ho...
Do you own an empty property and want support to bring it back into use?
This February, our Empty Property team will be offering 1:1 support sessions.
🔗 www.bridgend.gov.uk/residents/ho...
January 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM
**NEWS** Our research centre at Aberkenfig is now a FamilySearch Affiliate. Join us free online on 3rd February at 7pm for a session led by Kori Robbins to explore records available at affiliate libraries that cannot be accessed from home: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/familysear... #Genealogy #Glamorgan
FamilySearch Affiliate Access: What it means for researchers
Session will cover what it means to be a FamilySearch Affiliate, record access levels on FamilySearch.org,& the benefits for researchers.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
**NEWS** Our research centre at Aberkenfig is now a FamilySearch Affiliate. Join us free online on 3rd February at 7pm for a session led by Kori Robbins to explore records available at affiliate libraries that cannot be accessed from home: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/familysear... #Genealogy #Glamorgan
Meetings next week:
Monday 18th November, 7.30pm - Bridgend branch (Aberkenfig Resource Centre)
Tuesday 19th November, 7.00pm - Pontypridd & Rhondda branch (Pontypridd Museum)
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Bridgend #Pontypridd #Glamorgan
Monday 18th November, 7.30pm - Bridgend branch (Aberkenfig Resource Centre)
Tuesday 19th November, 7.00pm - Pontypridd & Rhondda branch (Pontypridd Museum)
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Bridgend #Pontypridd #Glamorgan
November 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Meetings next week:
Monday 18th November, 7.30pm - Bridgend branch (Aberkenfig Resource Centre)
Tuesday 19th November, 7.00pm - Pontypridd & Rhondda branch (Pontypridd Museum)
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Bridgend #Pontypridd #Glamorgan
Monday 18th November, 7.30pm - Bridgend branch (Aberkenfig Resource Centre)
Tuesday 19th November, 7.00pm - Pontypridd & Rhondda branch (Pontypridd Museum)
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Bridgend #Pontypridd #Glamorgan
It's SEWBReC #SquareOfTheMonth time! This month we are highlighting 1km squares with zero #Woodlouse records:
SO2100 at Llanhilleth in #BlaenauGwent
SS8883 at Aberkenfig in #Bridgend
Could you help fill these map gaps?
Gwent: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/179
Glam: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/178
SO2100 at Llanhilleth in #BlaenauGwent
SS8883 at Aberkenfig in #Bridgend
Could you help fill these map gaps?
Gwent: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/179
Glam: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/178
February 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's SEWBReC #SquareOfTheMonth time! This month we are highlighting 1km squares with zero #Woodlouse records:
SO2100 at Llanhilleth in #BlaenauGwent
SS8883 at Aberkenfig in #Bridgend
Could you help fill these map gaps?
Gwent: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/179
Glam: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/178
SO2100 at Llanhilleth in #BlaenauGwent
SS8883 at Aberkenfig in #Bridgend
Could you help fill these map gaps?
Gwent: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/179
Glam: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/178
Join us at the ARC in Bridgend on Saturday 5th April to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Short talks: History and Future of the Society, Glamorgan Archives Coal Mining Exhibition, Life in the Garw Valley. There will also be 50th anniversary cake! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Glamorgan #Bridgend
April 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Join us at the ARC in Bridgend on Saturday 5th April to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Short talks: History and Future of the Society, Glamorgan Archives Coal Mining Exhibition, Life in the Garw Valley. There will also be 50th anniversary cake! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Glamorgan #Bridgend
"Residential parking in dunravan street aberkenfig Bridgend." https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/764870
March 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"Residential parking in dunravan street aberkenfig Bridgend." https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/764870
'Aberkenfig you're better than this' will be burned into my brain for life what a video what a people
February 24, 2026 at 11:09 AM
'Aberkenfig you're better than this' will be burned into my brain for life what a video what a people
The incident took place at the U14s match between Aberkenfig BGC and Trefelin BGC
Adults throw punches at U14 football match as kids try to stop brawl
www.dublinlive.ie
February 24, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The incident took place at the U14s match between Aberkenfig BGC and Trefelin BGC
As a firm believer that there are too many people on the planet and we should be having fewer kids you can sometimes get accused of teetering on eugenics ideology. All I have to do is show them this and that is my argument won. We're done as a species.
www.instagram.com/reel/DVF56f0...
www.instagram.com/reel/DVF56f0...
Rootz TV ⚽️📺 on Instagram: "An under 14’s match in Wales was abandoned between Trefelin and Aberkenfig football clubs after the parents started fighting,
SHAMBLES 🤦🏿♂️
♻️ @therefereeforum
#refer...
rootz_tv on February 22, 2026: "An under 14’s match in Wales was abandoned between Trefelin and Aberkenfig football clubs after the parents started fighting,
SHAMBLES 🤦🏿♂️
♻️ @therefereeforum
#r...
www.instagram.com
February 24, 2026 at 6:13 AM
As a firm believer that there are too many people on the planet and we should be having fewer kids you can sometimes get accused of teetering on eugenics ideology. All I have to do is show them this and that is my argument won. We're done as a species.
www.instagram.com/reel/DVF56f0...
www.instagram.com/reel/DVF56f0...
Video shows adults brawl at kid's football match as onlookers beg them to stop
The incident took place at the U14s match between Aberkenfig BGC and Trefelin BGC
The incident took place at the U14s match between Aberkenfig BGC and Trefelin BGC
Adults brawl at kid's football match as onlookers shout 'it's not worth it'
The incident took place at the U14s match between Aberkenfig BGC and Trefelin BGC
www.birminghammail.co.uk
February 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Video shows adults brawl at kid's football match as onlookers beg them to stop
The incident took place at the U14s match between Aberkenfig BGC and Trefelin BGC
The incident took place at the U14s match between Aberkenfig BGC and Trefelin BGC
💬 “It’s not just a gym — it’s a community.”
Our Information Officer Mark visited Coldface Fitness in Aberkenfig, where physical and mental health come together. Great energy, great people, great impact! 🏋️♂️💚
#MHM40 #CommunityWellbeing #MentalHealthMattersWales
Our Information Officer Mark visited Coldface Fitness in Aberkenfig, where physical and mental health come together. Great energy, great people, great impact! 🏋️♂️💚
#MHM40 #CommunityWellbeing #MentalHealthMattersWales
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
💬 “It’s not just a gym — it’s a community.”
Our Information Officer Mark visited Coldface Fitness in Aberkenfig, where physical and mental health come together. Great energy, great people, great impact! 🏋️♂️💚
#MHM40 #CommunityWellbeing #MentalHealthMattersWales
Our Information Officer Mark visited Coldface Fitness in Aberkenfig, where physical and mental health come together. Great energy, great people, great impact! 🏋️♂️💚
#MHM40 #CommunityWellbeing #MentalHealthMattersWales
