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Thanks for the speedy response.  There were 5 siblings.  John Christmas Smith, a bachelor, he was admitted in 1955 and died a few months later.  Then Florence May Smith, spinster, who was admitted 1951.  Gladys, spinster, went in a day after her brother in 1955 age 57.  I was told they were there, poor Florence was in Parc hospital which was the worse.  I assumed the two girls had died in the 50's so was very shocked and upset to find Florence died in 1984 and Gladys in 1992.  My grandmother was sibling number 4 and sibling 5 Winifred Mary died at 11 months.  So my grandmother would have been the heir to Gladys estate.... which would amount really to zilch but was put on the Bona Vacantia list.  She always claimed she was adopted, that she had changed her name by Deed Poll and sadly told as many people as possible that she was an illegitimate child of Royalty.  I have now found out they were living in terrible conditions in a cottage.  Her name was Gladys Smith on birth cert, 1939 census and death cert.  She even survived the outbreak of Smallpox on her ward in 1962 which killed 14 inmates!

Thanks very much for that information, I didn't give a thought to looking there.  This may help me quite a lot.  No ironing for me again today then 

I have ancestors who lived in Bedwellty and also Abertillery.  Where would they register their BMD's?  Could they possibly have gone as far as using Abergavenny, Monmouth or Newport?  Also.... pushing my luck a bit!  Where are all our ancestors buried?  There are a number of churches, chapels, graveyards in every County but my relies do not appear in any of them most of the time? Thank you in anticipation?

Thank you Mar for that info, it all makes sense now!  My parents, at the time of my birth 1950 and my brother's birth 1954 were running a pub, the Victoria Inn in Sigginstone which is close to St Athan's RAF base.  My brother was born in St Athan at the base!  I was born in May 1950 so my mother would have gone to the same clinic she went with him. Also in March 1950 the biggest aircrash, at that time, happened in Sigginstone when 80 people were killled coming back to Llandow airport, in the field opposite them, missing the runway.  They were coming home from the Wales/Ireland Rugby in Ireland,my dad was one of the first on the scene.  This happened 2 months before I was born so maybe my mother suffered the shock of that and was sent to Gwyn Mor Nursing Home as a precaution?  She and I were there for 3 weeks.  My father was unable to visit us due to having to run the pub and it was such a long way away from Cyncoed in Cardiff. Sunday the pub was closed in those days and there was not any transport running.  I have just been reading up on St Athan and it has quite an history, so interesting.  No housework for me today ha ha!