PONTY PEOPLE: IGNACIO LOPEZ
I can say with a degree of certainty that Ignacio Lopez is the most successful Spanish born comedian Pontardawe has ever produced. Currently living in […]
CLYDACH PEOPLE: ALAN & PAM CRAM
A new feature for the magazine where we simply have a chat with some well know Clydach faces and find out about their time in […]
100 YEARS AT ALLTWEN RFC; Under 14s 1969.
A few months back we asked in the Ponty Mag for people to send in their memories about Alltwen RFC as the club celebrates its […]
PONTARDAWE SCHOOL CLOSURES OUTRAGE
There is confusion in Pontardawe regarding the proposed closure of three primary schools. The Neath Port Talbot council website currently states:- “A new build English-medium […]
TRAIN STATION TO RETURN TO PONTARDAWE?
A combination of global factors has greatly enhanced the possibilities for a train line returning to Pontardawe. This is according to the CEO of the […]
TREBANOS: The Village that Covid split into 2
The wall between these two houses in Trebanos is the Swansea / Neath Port Talbot boundary. Different bin days, different council tax and currently, different […]
VILLAGE ART STUDIO HIDDEN IN RHOS
In the late seventies, David Cotton from Rhos was travelling around Europe, sketching to fund his travelling. After a 40 year gap and now retired, […]
OLD BUILDINGS OF CLYDACH
with the Clydach Historical Society Glais Bridge to the Mond, Clydach The views along Glais Road to the Mond today are quite different to those […]
NHS FACE MASKS PRODUCED IN PONTARDAWE
The old bus station in Pontardawe is an unlikely place to be at the heart of the current and future NHS mask production. But Brothers […]
DEVELOPING ROUTE 43 CYCLE PATH
It all began on a disused railway line in Bristol back in 1984. The creation of a 14 mile stretch of walking and cycle path; […]