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Hi, I know this is a strange trying to find...but is there anyone on here that lives in Ynysybwl...
If I could describe a row of houses ..just maybe you could tell me there whereabouts or if still there...
Its been about 42 years since been there but I remember quite well...
Thankyou

Jost a thought - what about these ariel view map sites where you put in an address or a place and you get an ariel view and can 'virtually' walk around the streets etc seeing all the houses.

Sounds like this would be useful for what you want?

I was on such a site the other day but don't know how to find it but apparently people use these map sites all the time so I am sure someone will give you a site address.

Dea x

Thankyou Dea..
I have tried looking at maps but have no idea of the road...But that sounds brilliant to be able to see the houses..
Many thanks
Christine

Don't know if thislink will be of any help

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=Ynysybwl...&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
but if you zoom in its all quite clear

Thankyou Jacqueline I will give it a go,
Christine

also Google Earth and you can then zoom in

Thanks very much, I have heard of google eart but never been on there,Just had a quick look and says something about signing up?
Christine

Hello Annie...Brilliant !
My Family moved there in the 60s..Dad had a job at Lady Windsor pit.
We had to live in a caravan until the houses were finished so brand new then 1961-2
They were in a long row but no road in front...dividing each front to each house was a wall ...but the wall was not whole it had many bricks missing so looked a bit like a crossword... The house was very near to the pit..
Does this make any sense to you...
Also a primary school quite near
Thankyou
Christine

Thanks so much Annie..
Kitchen was at front of the house...modern looking houses for the time i suppose...small frontage to them...I remember my sister and brother going to the school..we had no car so must have been walking distance .
I remember open land..as my Brother got stuck in a bog like pond and lost his boots...
I think only think that an upsatairs window at the front was long and narrow,
..
Thanks so much
Christine

Sorry can't help as was only very tiny last time I visited but my mother was born in Ynysybwl Grand parents lived in Augustus Road I believe these were owned by the pit. It is good to hear of Ynysybwl as I remeber having to learn to spell it to give mother's place of birth. Annie your not related to Beasley's or Woodhouses by any chance?

Paulne

Christine,

Have you found the google earth site.?

I have just been on it and walked around Ynysybwyl - looking at the houses.

I am sure you would recognise what you are looking for.

Dea x

Hi Dea..
Dont know what I am doing really....Not sure how to sign up for it..
Oh I am getting so frustrated x

O.K. Christine - Chill !!

I don't know what I am doing either and I didn't have to sign up.

Give me a minute and I will retrace what I did and post back to you.

Dea x

Oh Dea thankyou so much....It was the thought of you walking around the houses xxx

O.K. - Couldn't find my way back to where I was on that site - sorry - I am not very good at this sort of thing.

However - I found a new way in :

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices/map/ynysybwl/heol-y-plwyf/CF37-3HY/

Try this and see what you think?

I will search again for where I was before.

Dea x

Let me know if you get there Christine.

Dea x

DEA DEA !!!!
I FOUND IT .. I FOUND THE HOUSES..I RECOGNISED THE NAME..
It is Dan Y Cribyn..
Could not see the houses much but that was it !!!!
A million thanks to you....I am chuffed to bits I really am...
Love Christine x

WOW - You're a bit pleased then??
Lots of love - Glad to help.

Dea x

P.S. - You can magnify the zoom on the site and see the houses better.

Dea Xxx

So very pleased Dea....I have come to a stand still really with my family research......But that place in Wales I have always remembered
Will look forward to the trip back soon, My Sister was born in the house where we lived..
How could I have forgotten that name ???
You have made me happy !! thankyou for all your help in looking
Love Christine xx

I didn't have to sign up for Google Earth