WAW018662 WALES (1948). View of three new factories at Virginia Park, Caerphilly
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Details
| Title | [WAW018662] View of three new factories at Virginia Park, Caerphilly |
| Reference | WAW018662 |
| Date | 9-October-1948 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6413935 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 315700, 186920 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.2165926156352, 51.574361161326 |
| National Grid Reference | ST157869 |
Pins
 Formerly, 13, Brookfield Terrace, Caerphilly. Brookfield Terrace was incorporated into Pontygwindy Road by the local council in 1975. It consisted of the 32 houses and stretching from the factories up to the Pontygwindy Inn. |
Rob |
Wednesday 21st of March 2018 10:40:03 PM |
| stadium number 2 factory manufacting crash helmets and moulding and sprying them |
davewales |
Saturday 5th of September 2015 12:07:50 PM |
| Pontygwindy Garage, one of the Cyril Morgan garages. |
herbie |
Saturday 22nd of August 2015 06:45:05 AM |
| George Newman & sons Builders yard, demolished to build Carrefour Hypermarket. |
herbie |
Saturday 22nd of August 2015 06:41:59 AM |
| Pontygwindy farmhouse, demolished to build Carrefour Hypermarket. |
herbie |
Saturday 22nd of August 2015 06:38:31 AM |
| Virginia Villas, now renamed Pontygwindy Rd, I was born in no6 in 1945. |
herbie |
Saturday 22nd of August 2015 06:35:21 AM |
| Energlyn Hospital |
Nantgarw Nomad |
Friday 6th of February 2015 06:15:03 PM |
| Barry Railway/Rhymney Railway exchange sidings |
Nantgarw Nomad |
Friday 6th of February 2015 06:14:20 PM |
| Barry Railway line from Penrhos Junction (Lower), abandoned 1927 |
Nantgarw Nomad |
Friday 6th of February 2015 06:13:23 PM |
| Barry Cottages |
Nantgarw Nomad |
Friday 6th of February 2015 06:03:48 PM |
User Comment Contributions
here is a good picture of virginia park with to the foreground stadium number 2 factory the chimney stack on the corner was where the spray shop was later on a third factory was built adjecent to number 2 factory and the waste ground to the rear of this picture a extension was built to increase production in the 70s to the left was a cottage hospital which i remember was still open during the late 60s , the big factory was number 1 stadium in which they started experimenting with plastic moulding , and were the forunners to introduce plastic injection moulding to manufacturing , at the time of this picture most production were glass fibre moulding , stadium also produced a various amount of militry helmets for the raf and other air forces around the world , there main competitors were chas owen of sengenyd in the 60s |
davewales |
Saturday 5th of September 2015 12:02:12 PM |