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Glamorganshire / Re: Neath Fair - Timbermen Underground
« on: Tuesday 11 December 12 12:54 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Gents, I have passed on your info. to  Jon and Rachel they live in Shap Cumbria, both Biologists with PhDs so I'm sure they will be skillful enough to get what they want from the Gen. you've given me.
                 Once again Thank You
             Have a Good Christmas and I'll keep in touch when I know some thing
                        All the Best
                                 Des

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Glamorganshire / Re: Neath Fair - Timbermen Underground
« on: Monday 10 December 12 20:58 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Morganallan for replying to me, it's a long time since I heard from you, unfortunatly I have never found anyone who remembers the Timbermen demonstrating at Neath Fair.
                So I'm asking if you can help me with something else ?????Some years ago my friend and I stayed at a farm in Pont Neath Vaughn, the farm was as far up the valley as you could go up the side of the river over a tiny bridge and down the other side, the farm was in the trees. Do youknow the name of that farm.?????
           I'm asking because my friend and I were shown the Stained Glass Window that the Swansea University Student son had made for Christchurch Cathedral, Port Stanley, The Falkland Islands and we have a photograph of it.
           You can see a photograph of the window on Port Stanleys website, it has a sheep in it and is entirely different to all the other windows, easily spotted
            My friends Daughter-in-law [A Micro Biologist]has seen the window in Port Stanley, Can you find who made it please          Regards   Des
                             

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Glamorganshire / Re: Neath Fair - Timbermen Underground
« on: Tuesday 10 July 12 13:01 BST (UK)  »
Hello Mart 56
                     Thank you for replying to my post, would you give me a bit more info on how to get in touch with Neath Library and do you remember the Timbermen showing off thier skills at Neath Fair around 1947/8/9.
                           I live in Luton Beds now, have done since Jan 1950,I visit my family in Resolven more or less every year so I'm rather far away.
                  Any help would be much appreciated
                              Regards
                                   desmo

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Glamorganshire / Re: Neath Fair - Timbermen Underground
« on: Monday 02 July 12 15:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello All
            I've had a look at the u tube video and yes this is sort of, roughly what I was thinking of,  the demonstration at Neath Fair I saw, would be great on a film like that
      The posts were not much different but the cross member was notched so that the post fitted in neatly, obviously there were no chain saws then,all the work done with an axe with a very wide blade as shown but not double sided but very,very sharp.
              Also the Norway timber was very straight, stripped of bark and very seasoned and light in weight, I unloaded many hundreds of tons from the rail trucks and stacked it in the sidings at Glyn Castle Colliery, we had a nice little gang of us who did this, also timber from France which had very thick bark with shrapnel in it.
                    I notice in another post that in a list of occupations in mines, Miners were first then Timbermen.
                 Thank you all who have been interested in Timbermen Underground especially, brian T3, cell,falkyrn, and colin.
                 Take Care
                           desmo11225 
                       

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Glamorganshire / Re: Neath Fair - Timbermen Underground
« on: Thursday 28 June 12 16:31 BST (UK)  »
Hello Everyone
                       What a wonderful welcome, Thank you very much and already plenty of people know about Timbermen Underground, I have written to the  University of Wales, Swansea, to the Manuscropt Records & Photographs Library and Information Centre, also the Audiotapes,Videotapes& Banners at the South Wales MinersLibrary. that would be something to come up with wouldn't it.
                      Also thank you for adding Neath Fair-Timbermen Under Ground.
           About Myself!!!!! I started work Jan !940 aged 14yrs 1month, working through to Jan 1950 when the Essential Works Order was removed.
                     My GG Grandfather was Silvanus Jones, I found him on the 1841 census, he was an Iron Miner in Brynmawr, G Grandfather John was killed in an explosion of gunpowder underground aged 34 yrs when my Grampa was 1 yr old, his Uncles Silvanus and Benjamin owned and managed Deep Pit and California Slope adjacent to Round House Farm, Nantyglo, the company was called   Silvanus Jones & Co, Nantyglo.
                        After GGG Sivanus they were all Johns until I arrived and I was Christened John Desmond and my Father was very proud of the fact I didn't work underground, only for about 6/8 months with the horse shoeing smith when his mate was off work injured, they had horses underground in both Glyn Castle Pit and Faldydre level.
                     Once again Thank You All
                                  desmo11225

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Glamorganshire / Neath Fair - Timbermen Underground
« on: Tuesday 26 June 12 13:40 BST (UK)  »
Hello Everyone
                       I am a brand new member and I'm not asking a geneoligy question, I hope thats O.K
          I was born in Resolven Dec 1925 Worked on the surface at Glyncastle Colliery from 1940 t0 1950, I remember going to Neath Fair 1946/7/8/9 and seeing a competition between Timbermen testing their speed and skills erecting sets of timber, using norway timbers 9ft long and about 8 to 10 inches in diameter.
I am trying to find newspaper reports or photographs of this avent or maybe a film or someone else who remembers it         
                      I use the   Welsh Coal Mines Guest Book    a lot and people are baffled to know what Timbermen are doing underground.
                              I would be greatful if someone would help me with this subject as I've promised to find out more from people who have Tmberman as thier ancestors occupation.
                       I hope my request meets with your approval
                                     Des Jones
                       
Moderator comment: welcome Des - I just changed the title of the thread a little to reflect that you're specifically looking for info about the Neath Fair, as well as general information.

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