This web-site was set up in February 2003 to enable me to share with you a large collection of photographs of the Bridgend area. On this site you will find pictures and information on a variety of subjects relating to the pictorial history of Bridgend and its surrounding towns and villages

Over the years I have taken around 6000 negatives and 2000 slides dating from the early 1970s to the late 1990s and latterly using a digital camera. In addition there is a large quantity of inherited negatives dating from the early 1900s to the 1960s. Included are also a number of photographs from other sources, post cards, school photos etc. Of this large collection less than 5% is of Bridgend and the surrounding area.

Generally, all photographs will be credited to a photographer or source. I have included images in all good faith, but if you believe a picture should be excluded or is incorrectly captioned or credited do please contact me. No photographs on this site have been copied from published sources (with a few minor exceptions duly credited). If some of the photos on this site look familiar to you, it's probably because a number of my pictures have appeared in local photographic history publications.

The site interface has been kept simple deliberately. There is nothing more annoying than waiting an eternity for pages to open only to discover it was not worth the wait! We want you to enjoy your visit and to return again in the future.

To navigate the site click on any of the underlined or links; this will take you to a subject page. On some pages a few of the photographs will enlarge by clicking on them. If you lose your way follow the Index link which will return you to this page.

We hope you enjoy your visit and will bookmark this page to visit us again.

Feedback on this site welcome: mjs@opobs.co.uk

You can view some of my more recent scenic photographs of the Bridgend area by clicking on the photograph below.

Some of my Childhood Memories of
growing up in the 50s and 60s

Bus Station

Routemaster Bus

Wellingtons

Parc Brook

Newbridge Fields

Weetabix Models

FRIENDS OF OPOBS
From time to time I am sent photographs from friends which don't fit in with any of the themes of the site. This section is to show these pictures and to credit the contributor.

No.1 - Jim Hatch

No.3 - David Roberts

LATEST UPDATES

25/03/10. The complete Town Guide for 1937 added.

25/03/10. New 1968 photo added to Heolgam School, and new "friend" page added.

12/02/10. Another page of photographs from a friend of opobs: Brynley Hughes from Bridgend.

21/01/10. A new section of photographs from friends of opobs. The first page is from Jim Hatch of Acapulco.

11/10/09. A few photographs of boats on the River Ogmore from the camera of the Late Keith Coles.

16/09/09. Bridgend Boys Grammar School - Photographs from c.1955/6 from the camera of schoolboy Brian Batters.

19/07/09. Bridgend Boys Grammar School 1955 Panoramic photograph added courtesy of Harley Jones

04/07/09. Two new photos added to Summerhill School and all pictures from the Tony Dare-Edwards Collection now in chronological order.

26/06/09. Penybont School pages restructured and uploaded.

21/06/09. New 1950s Winter page added. Also Geology Field Trip photo added to Bridgend Boys Grammer School.

13/06/09. School photographs formerly at www.opobs.org.uk have now been transferred to this site and are accessible from this index page. Penybont school pages are not yet available as they are currently being restructured.

07/06/09. A few pages that were uploaded some time ago have now been linked to the index page. 1972 Tythegston Fire; 1975 Boys Brigade Parade and Tributaries of the River Ogmore.

Brickworks of the Bridgend Area

Area location map
Aberkenfig Brick Works
Bridgend Dinas Brick Works
Bryncethin Brick Works
Brynmenyn Brick Works
Cefn Cribwr Brick Works
Hendre Brick Works
Pencoed Brick Works
Quarella Brick Works
Tondu (Evanstown) Brick Works
Tondu (Llynfi) Brick Works
Ynysawdre Brick Works 

Links and Contacts