Information/photographs needed on the United Welsh Bus Company

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The Society has had a request from Mr. Andrew Porter  for any information or photographs on the United Welsh Bus Company or any of the independent companies that were amalgamated into the United Welsh e.g. the Abbey, Richmond Motor Services, Osborne Services, Blue Bird Services, Neath Omnibus Company, Willmore Motors etc..

Mr. Porter is conducting research into the company in order to write a book on the history of the United Welsh.  He can be contacted by email –

asporter@btinternet.com

or information can be handed to any member of the committee, or brought along to any of our meetings.   

 

 

The Society at the Waterfront Museum

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The Society has taken part in two recent events in the Waterfront Museum.  The first event was “Local History Live” at which several members of the committee represented the Society and “manned” a display of some of the material we have gathered on Skewen and WW1 – see below.

The second event was “Cartooning in WW1”.   This event proved to be very helpful for the research being undertaken for the Society’s book on Skewen and WW1.  Here are some examples of cartoons from the WW1 period.

 

 

Thanks to Cardiff University for allowing us to reproduce the cartoons.

 

WW1 Heritage Day, Monday, 1st September

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Our WW1 Heritage Day proved to be a real success with over 200 visitors viewing the displays.  We were provided with new information and material for our researches in preparation for the book we are planning on Skewen and WW1, plus we had many people providing us with oral reminiscences.   A big thank you to all who made the day such a success and to all those who attended.

 

Thanks to our photographer Ken Jones

 

Visit to Caerleon Legionary Fortress, Monday, 4th August

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We were very lucky that the rain held off for our visit to the Legionary Fortress at Caerleon.   The museum proved to hold a fund of artefacts and our guide Dai, was very informative.

There was an exhibition of wood carvings depicting scenes from World War One near the amphitheatre:-

 

Family Fun Day in the Memorial Park

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The Society was represented at the Family Fun Day this year.  Interest was shown in our WW1 displays and hopefully many of those who came will attend our Heritage Day next month.