Alun Salisbury recalls growing up in Cefn Mawr and meeting lamplighter Reg Hayes. I was born in 1938 and brought up in Cefn Mawr, where I lived with my parents and elder brother, Leonard, in [more]

On Sunday 11th March 1854, two men, James Sheridan and William Bruce were begging on the streets of Cefn.  They may have gained the sympathy of passersby, as they had the appearance of soldiers that [more]

Plas Madoc Hall A local story claims that General De Wet, the Boer leader who became commander in chief of the army during the South African War, was in reality George Hammond Whalley, heir to [more]