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Memorial Service to Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot at Margam Abbey

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PTHS will be at Swansea Book Fair again this year

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PTHS at NSA Aberavon Beach Festival August 11th 2018

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VISIONS OF STEEL.


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The Visions of Steel Project is now complete, so to claim your free copy of the publication, please send an A4 self addressed envelope with £1.58 in postage to:

Port Talbot Historical Society
15 Minycoed
Coed Hirwaun
Margam
Port Talbot
SA13 2TE
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The contributing children with their artwork at Tata Steel

Missed a Lecture? Listen to the audio now on Members login Click here
(For paying members only)

NEW PHOTO BOOK FOR 2016!

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NOW AVAILABLE!!
Port Talbot Historical Society have published volume five of our photographic book.
The book contains 262 high quality photos that have never been published before.
Stocked in : Victoria Road Post Office, Taibach Library, Tambini Express Cafe (Tollgate).
​Now available on Ebay.

Click here for new Local publications.

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Port Talbot Historical Society are featured in this years copy of the West Glamorgan Archive Service volume of The Annual Report of the County Archivist 2014 - 2015
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Photos added to WW1 Roll of honour. Please send us your photos of people on any of our lists.




The history of The Passion Play (Behold the Man)
Now published here!

WW1 Centenary 1914 - 2014 
commemorations  

To commemorate the centenary of the start of WW1, The Society placed crosses at all the graves in the town, of those who valiantly gave their lives .
Click the link in the red box to watch a BBC film with Andrew Vollans, local military historian, telling the story of two young men that grew up together, enlist together and die together at Gallipoli. Or for members, click the link below (Audio only)
Great War tales are being used to teach children today
Andrew Vollans - Port Talbot's Great War (Audio only)
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