The KENFIG SOCIETY no longer active
Although there will be no more meetings or outings, this website will remain active.
So look out for any announcements or new stories. The books remain on sale (see Publications above).
Who knows, someone may wish to publish on a new aspect of Kenfig's history or natural ecology. We'll help!_________________________________________________________________________________________
Meanwhile there are still events to report on this web site
A wonderful new find! A new (to me) booklet (87 pp) by Barrie Griffiths
The Story of Ty’n Cellar Farm From Earliest Times to 1850
privately published by the author in 2006
Barrie, who sadly died in 2009 at the age of 67, produced several booklets related to Kenfig, but also on his other research topic of Stormy Down. If not sold through the Kenfig Society, Barrie 'lodged' his booklets with Pyle Library. This meant they would be catalogued, would turn up in searches and were available to borrow or read from the 'Local History Society' section.
I printed off and have lodged a copy of this newly-found booklet on Ty'n Cellar at Pyle Library
Although there will be no more meetings or outings, this website will remain active.
So look out for any announcements or new stories. The books remain on sale (see Publications above).
Who knows, someone may wish to publish on a new aspect of Kenfig's history or natural ecology. We'll help!_________________________________________________________________________________________
Meanwhile there are still events to report on this web site
A wonderful new find! A new (to me) booklet (87 pp) by Barrie Griffiths
The Story of Ty’n Cellar Farm From Earliest Times to 1850
privately published by the author in 2006
Barrie, who sadly died in 2009 at the age of 67, produced several booklets related to Kenfig, but also on his other research topic of Stormy Down. If not sold through the Kenfig Society, Barrie 'lodged' his booklets with Pyle Library. This meant they would be catalogued, would turn up in searches and were available to borrow or read from the 'Local History Society' section.
I printed off and have lodged a copy of this newly-found booklet on Ty'n Cellar at Pyle Library
DENIS H JONES who wrote the book on Kenfig Carbide Factory passed away 22 April 2024 aged ~92
Sad to lose the author of the excellent book about the Kenfig Carbide Works. I wrote it up in the Glamorgan History Society Journal Morgannwg 2018 pp.222-9. Sadly Denis was not well enough to accept a visit from me, but I had some lovely correspondence written in his own impressive calligraphy. |
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE KENFIG CARBIDE WORKS
Despite Churchill's complaints, England was preparing for war in the 1930s. This is shown by the recognition by HM Government as early as 1935 that a Carbide Factory would be needed in Britain. But where? One factory or two? To find out how the Factory came to Kenfig, click on the button below.
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