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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Monmouthshire => Topic started by: Avril-14 on Friday 23 November 07 23:11 GMT (UK)
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Hello there
Can anyone please tell me the name of a hospital in Fochriw. The reason being as a baby I was, so I was told, in this hospital with diptheria. I would like to know if they would still have records from way back then, if they have can I access my own records.
Cheers
Avril ::)
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Hi Avril
Wouldn't your current GP be able to tell you?
kind regards, Arranroots ;)
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I found this link for you (for Fochriw Clinic) they should (let's hope) be able to tell you the nearest hospital:
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=79&pid=691
Good luck! Let us know how you get on. :)
Trystan
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Hello there
Thanks for the quick replies. Here In NZ we can access our records and my local GP would tell me this. Thankyou Tristan for the link I will check on this and let you know the outcome.
Thanks again for the help.
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Hi again Avril
My apologies, I didn't spot that you were no longer resident in this country!
Hopefully your medical records have followed you around and your GP will be able to help but the link Trystan quotes would be interesting to follow up.
My father was one of five children and they all had things like TB and diphtheria, which we seldom hear of today - how luck that they all survived!
A ;)
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Hello again
Well I put pen to paper yesterday to Fochriw hospital(clinic) and now await the outcome. I have put as much information as I could about myself, where and when the dyptheria hit , where i lived at the timeand the full names of my parents. So hopefully we should have a good reply.
I just can't thank people enough on this site for all the help given.
Cheers
Avril :)
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Avril, I don't know if this will be of any help, but here goes!
If you had diptheria you would have been in an isolation hospital. There was such an institution on top of the mountain directly across the valley from Fochriw, beside the mountain road from Markham to Tredegar. I remember it well for as Kids we used to dare each other to run up and touch the walls!
Fochriw has a website, I can't think of the link at the moment, but just google it. You could also try www.welshcoalmines.co.uk there are some pretty knowledgeable people there. There's a family tree section and also a general chit-chat.
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By the way, Fochriw is in Glamorgan.
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Hello Oz Lady
Thanks for your reply. I wondered which county it would be in because I came from Rhymney(Mon) and some of the rele's including dad came from Pontlottyn(Glam) and the borders are really really close. Was it the Mardy Crossings and the river that separated them. This is just out of curiosty.
Cheers
Avril
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I t used to be that the River Rhymney separated Glam and Mon. I don't know what the situation is now, especially with councils amalgamating into "supersize" organisations. My rellies are also from Rhymney and Pontlottyn.
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hello there
What a small world your rele's coming from Rhymney and Pontlottyn. I see that you are also seeking information on the Watkins family. Now somewhere attached to our family are the Watkins, though not quite sure where but I do know who.
Cheers
Avril ;)
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Hi,
could it have been the Aberbargoed Isolation Hosptal that was stuated on the mounatin , my Dad and his four brothers all went in with Diptheria when thankfull all recoverd, thoguh some sadly some of my Dads friend did not,
Jaz
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Yes, Jaz, that was the one I was referring to.
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Hello again OZ lady and Jaz
Is Aberbargoed Isolation Hospital still there? Like I have said I have sent a letter to Fochriw Clinic(hospital) but if the Aberbargoed one is still there then I can send them one. Hope all this makes sense.
Thanks again
Avril :D
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Hi Avril,
no it is long gone, they do have an Hospital in the Town of Aberbargoed mainly for the elderly and respite care now, You could try Ystrad Fawr Registry Office tel.= 01443-863478 they might know where the records are kept,
Jaz
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hello there
Once again thankyou for the information.
Cheers
Avril
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It is many years since this was originally posted by if you click on this link http://fochriwhistory.co.uk/page549.htm all will be revealed since the hospital at Fochriw was located at the hamlet of Penybanc.
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well, well
another Avril with a connection to Fochriw- my Dad was born there in 1920.
He was the son of William John Charles CURTIS & Elizabeth Mary WATKINS.
Any connection? I am always wondering where my name came from.
Dad was sent to register me as Cheryl and when he came back I was Avril!
Guess I'll never know.
Avril W
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Volume 1 of A History of the Darran Valley in Photographs (Fochriw & Deri Valley )will be available in a few weeks time. Price £8.95. Should you be interested please let me know
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Hi All
I grew up just down the road from Fochriw in a little village called Deri about 2 and 1/2 miles. in between these two villages was a small Village called Penybanc or early records it was called Brithdir- (Not Brithdir near Bargoed). Three cottages at Penybank called Stoney Houses was used as a fever hospital - The hospital remained in use for 25 years until the end of 1913. The village is no longer there or any houses. Hope this helps
Best wishes
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Hi, hope this link helps you out http://www.fochriwhistory.co.uk/page549.htm