Crumlin Viaduct Guestbook

Geraint Parker

Take a look at this, its a frament from the viaduct. its in san diego
http://www.flickr.com/photos/h530thomaspm/

ivor james

Ilived in Trinant from Sept 1965 to march 1966 and remember the filming of Arabesque. I found a battered old print ca 1860 amongst a set of frames I bought in a Leominster flea market. I'm hoping to get it cleaned up. I would be grateful if somebody could recommend a reliable restorer of old prints in the South Wales area. I also took a slide photo of the taking down of the viaduct. Thank you for an informative website

ALAN BENNETT

I was born in Treowen over looking the bridge.Yes I walked the bridge many times and have some wonderful memories I moved to Cwmbran after 25 Years .

eirwen tigg (potter)

i have 2 old bottles from the pritchards brewery, crumlin. does anyone have any information on the brewerey, when built? etc. would be interesting to find out. there is a date on the bottom of the bottle 1789

Col MacLean

Saw the film Arabesque on TV the other day while on holiday in Berlin - dubbed into German!

Left me wondering where on Earth this amazing bridge was. A bit of Googling brought me here!

Nice site.

colin norris

I was born in crumlin , and, lived there until 1958.

D'Arcy de Laporte

Please contact me for information that might assist with the demmolition of the Viaduct.

Brian Jones

When I left Wales for Oz Crumlin Viaduct was still standing, such a wonderful structure, it's a great pity there was no foresight shown at the time, it would have made a top tourist attraction.

Peter Telfer

I remember it as a child

basmh

hank you for your infomation if you can find anymore info i would be greatful,I found a number of bottles where you wouldnt think any one had been, One other stands out (pinkstone`s Curechiline cures cattle diseases) will do my best to send pictures but only learning this contraption at the moment if you understand my meaning lol

Roger Jones

How short sighted were those who made the decision to demolish 2how" viaduct. Having lived for many years at 36 Bronawelon before moving to London to teach I grieve every time I return to the valley. We walked over to Treowen (chased on occasions by the railway people)collected frog spawn and tadpoles in the piers indeed it was the centre of all - you knew you were home when the viaduct came into view. What a different place Cumlin was with the Viaduct towering above.

mary jones

born and bred in swfrydd.i was sad to see it go

Rob Gmelin

Very nice pictures. It would have made a great bike trail. Over here, where we rarely save anything old, I'm happy to report one success, The Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge. See http://www.walkway.org/

Graham Howland

What a superb website. Having seen were this superb structure stood, it is such a shame that it was demolished. What a fantastic tourist attraction it would be if still standing today.

colin norris

Iwas born and brought up in crumlin.Love the site. Keepitup.

margaret king

Hi John.I too,lived in Crumlin and attended Crumlin High Level 1955-1960. I had a lovely childhood there. We'd play on the dram road and make tree swings by the pigs cots. Lovely tosee that you have bothered to take the timeto set up a web site.Feelfree to contact me if you wish. I currently live in Newport

AS

Delightful.

Well Done!

Came from the Tay Bridge, thus Bouch 20 years out of date. This site shows what a dangerous ass he was.

AS

Ceri Jones

An exellent set, of a fantastic piece of engineering, sad though, as the destruction of something so irreplaceable is so shortsighted.

mike

Thank you for your infomation if you can find anymore info i would be greatful,I found a number of bottles where you wouldnt think any one had been, One other stands out (pinkstone`s Curechiline cures cattle diseases) will do my best to send pictures but only learning this contraption at the moment if you understand my meaning lol

Ian James

Mike,
Some more info for you. W.W.James was an AERATED WATER MANUFACTURER based in Crumlin, He was shown in the Monmouthshire Trade Directory of 1914. How long he operated I do not know at present. He was not shown in Kellys Buisness Directory for 1901,I don't know when his business started but it shows your bottle is at least 81 yrs old as Rylands stopped manufacturing in 1928. My interest is of course because of the surname. If I can shed any more light I will let you know

Ian James

mike, any chance you could email a photo of that bottle?

Ian James

Rylands operated from 1874 to 1928. During this time the firm ran under 6 different names, the latest of which was "The Rylands" between 1897-1928. This name should be embossed on the bottle itself. Rylands bottles operated what was known as the Codd system (a glass stopper like mechanism). Trying to find out about W.Willis James

john wilson

found a few more photos from the past, will send when able to scan!

mike

PS, the bottle was found in Crumlin

Mike

Hi there

Can you help as a matter of interest i recently found a bottle with the name W.Willis James
Crumlin
On the bottom of the bottle the name is (Rylands Barnsley)
menny thanks