Storybox Distribution List
Have a look at Gwent Archive Story Boxes which are displayed around the area now. The boxes contain stories about
people in the past from around the county. The boxes include the story and associated documents revealing the type
of information you can find for yourselves at Gwent Archives.
View our Story Boxes for the Explore Your Archive campaign at the following venues (watch out for more venues
soon):
Market Hall Cinema, Brynmawr
Brynmawr and District Museum
Salem Chapel and Chartist Exhibition Centre, Blaina
Bedwellty House, Tredegar
The Miners' Institute, Blackwood
Maes Manor Country Hotel, Blackwood
Cwmcarn Forest Visitors' Centre
Crumlin Institute: The Memo', Newbridge
Risca Library: Civic Centre, Pontypool
Pontypool Active Living Centre
Greenmeadow Community Farm, Cwmbran
Llanyrafon Manor, Cwmbran
Congress Theatre, Cwmbran
Cwmbran Library
Regimental Museum, Monmouth
Goytre Wharf
Secret Garden, Little Mill
Shire Hall, Monmouth
The Iron Works, Blaenavon
The Roman Baths, Caerleon
Chepstow Castle.
Blaenavon Library
Newport Library
Tredegar House Library
Bulwark Community Centre, Chepstow
Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport
One Stop Shop, Abergavenny
Caldicot Library
Abergavenny Library
Gilwern Library
Contents
Blaenau-Gwent: A story about William Roderick, a shoemaker from Tredegar who fell on hard-times, suffered from
mental-illness and was firstly admitted to the workhouse then Pen-y-fal asylum where he eventually died.
Caerphilly: A story about Charles Davies from Bargoed who had a wife and young child and was implicated in the
theft of some caps from a train, and subsequently convicted and imprisoned in the County Gaol at Usk.
Monmouthshire: A story about the Reverend William Davies Jones of Llanellen and his scandalous life in the village
during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, during which time he was involved in a high profile
separation from his wife, prosecuted for having his dog loose and persecuted by his parishioners.
Newport: A story about international Newport, the development of Newport docks and the consequent settlement
of different nationalities in the area, focussing on Scandinavians living in Pillgwenlly.
Torfaen: A story about the Llanerch colliery disaster of 1890 that killed 176 people, devastating the community in
and around the Abersychan area including Elizabeth Pritchard of Club Row who lost her husband and two sons.