An address on a postcard.

[Chasing-fireflies]

Thanks for the info both of you. If Elizabeth was a thomas before marriage then that could explain how we got the cards as it seems the Mrs Thomas living at number 1 in 1912 was my Great Great Grandmother so i suspect Elizabeth was a cousin of hers. I think this will spark a whole new line of relations and with it being in the 1900s maybe even some living ones. Its a shame i cant find out who Rose is but i seem to recall one of them being addressed to Station Road Llangynwyd so i will look into that if i can get no joy with these two. It was an interesting find and some of them are written in welsh so i have no clue what they say. Others are blank and some are photos put onto cards so i guess it can all go into the family history box i intend to do for my girls when i have done the tree completely.
Thanks again both!!!!!
 

[halfasheep]

sorry to jack the thread, but have you actually found this station road in Llangynwyd?

I found one of my relatives was born there in the 1910s/1920s (in work - no details with me), but I couldn't find where this street was meant to be.

I'm from Maesteg myself, but couldn't find it on any old maps in the library.

Just a random link to some of your post too - the family name was Hughes, and there was a daughter called Rose - again, no dates, etc at this time as I'm in work

[Chasing-fireflies]

It could be that i have postcards for the Hughes family as i am sure i have come accross the surname. I cant seem to place a Rose(even though she is on the cards i have)with my family yet but to be honest i have not yet delved too deeply into it.
I have not found Station Road yet as i am waiting to move back home to do that side of my research but i may be able to find out for you from some of the family!
 

I have two postcards for Hughes. Both a H.E.Hughes at 30 Station Road and 35 Station Terrace, Llangonoyd station. Any relation???
One is from a Rose.

[halfasheep]

Back in work now (not got t'internet at home as just moved).

Haven't got any dates for Rose, but she did have a brother Hopkin Hughes (H E??), but again, no birth cert for him as he is outside the Bridgend area (looks to have been born in Merthyr, then the family moved to Maesteg).

Any idea where the postcard came from? Hop was my gt grandafther, but no-one talks about him as there was an "incident". I know he was in the army during either WW1 or WW2 (or both).

Trouble is that Hop was a bit of a scumbag, and could well have been lodging there when married to my gt gran!!

Although this is probably all a serious of co-incidences!

[Chasing-fireflies]

Well this Hughes was in the army or something according to these postcards. Most of them seem to date around 1910. In other postcards the same guy(Hughie) he has written to what i believe to be relations of mine somehow and it seems he was staying with them at some point.
I can just about make out on the one postcard 24th August 15. Its a half penny stamp with i Think king Georges head on. I am not very good with stamps or royalty so i dont know if i have that right. Its from someone called Albert and asks him to give wishes to Dee/Alec(cant make out which). It says he is there for the day and it has a picture of Aberporth, Cardiganshire.
The postcard from Rose is wishing him a happy birthday but the stamp has been removed and there is no date at all.
I will look through the others later and see if i can find any clues for you.
 

[halfasheep]

Haven't got any Albert's in my tree, but it would be nice if this was all connected.

Al lthe best in any case

[Chasing-fireflies]

The Albert could well of been a friend as its the only one that mentions an Albert. Its also very short and sweet compared to the others.
Station Road or Terrace could well be what is now Railway Terrace as we came to own Railway Terrace somehow when i was small so it must have been in the family somehow and nobody in the family has heard of Station Terrace.
I have just found one postcard to a Mr Hugh E Hughes from a J/G. Hughes dated 1/6/17. Its some kind of formal postcard that just asks to tick the box as its a field services postcard.
Any relation?

[Chasing-fireflies]

Let me know if you find a connection and i will copy any postcards that i think may of use to you.

[halfasheep]

All I know (because as I said this side of the family isn't talked about), is that there was a William John Hughes and Elizabeth (nee Evans), who had children - Victor, Rose, Hopkin, William, and Kenneth.

I would have thought your Railway terrace connection is about right.

It may be worth popping into the pub on the way down to the Tylers Arms, as they may have some photo's or the like?

I'll keep a printout of this page with my file in case I stumble across anything further in the future though