Rob wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGFb_xZR3K0
Oh What will you give me? Say the sad bells of Rhymney Is there hope for the future? Say the brown bells of Merthyr Who made the mine owner? Say the black bells of Rhondda
Yes, really lovely Rob, I do remember them. Were you a hippy in the sixty's .
It's easy to stand with the crowd . It takes courage to stand alone
I have been checking her tree and I think its to do with this family. As she is to do with the Hipkiss family. So can any one tell me how did they get from Wales to Rowley Regis.
We had the railways then dt
The first steam engine is in The Black Country Museum - 1712 Industrial stationary steam engine developed by Thomas Newcomen
In 1862 South Wales Railway amalgamated with the Great Western Railway
The line that ran through Rhymney, in South Wales, was built in 1858. Spent many hours when I was a kid standing on the platform there. Don't know where in particular it ran to then, but we used to get there from Dudley Port.
Thanks Aunty Em,a sensible answer at last. I am still waiting for some dates off my friend ,but she lives in America . anyway i have looked at her tree ,and i think the date might be about 1740 ,so could he have taken a train then . If he did walk from Wales I will have to find a map dating from around that time.
It's easy to stand with the crowd . It takes courage to stand alone
gardener wrote:St Giles Rowley Regis Marriage 1789 Aug 3 Elija Williams, b & Rachael Smith, sp Wit. Joseph Westwood, James Mucklow
That's the one, thanks Gardener.. I do not know as yet ,where in Wales this family came from ,so its not easy to say which roads they could have taken. Just been looking at some old maps,and there are loads of ways he could have walked. Its very mind boggling
It's easy to stand with the crowd . It takes courage to stand alone
I have been checking her tree and I think its to do with this family. As she is to do with the Hipkiss family. So can any one tell me how did they get from Wales to Rowley Regis.
We had the railways then dt
The first steam engine is in The Black Country Museum - 1712 Industrial stationary steam engine developed by Thomas Newcomen
In 1862 South Wales Railway amalgamated with the Great Western Railway
The line that ran through Rhymney, in South Wales, was built in 1858. Spent many hours when I was a kid standing on the platform there. Don't know where in particular it ran to then, but we used to get there from Dudley Port.
Thanks Aunty Em,a sensible answer at last. I am still waiting for some dates off my friend ,but she lives in America . anyway i have looked at her tree ,and i think the date might be about 1740 ,so could he have taken a train then . If he did walk from Wales I will have to find a map dating from around that time.
My gr grandparents moved from Tividale to Merthyr around 1906, with four children all under the age of 5. I would have thought they'd travelled by train, but all old family tales say that they walked. Might be a bit of romancing, but don't suppose I'll ever know for sure.
I know what you mean, my dad used to tell me that he used to walk from Handsworth to Dudley every week,and he told me a tram went over his foot!! I am sure he just like telling a tale.
It's easy to stand with the crowd . It takes courage to stand alone
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Its very mind boggling 
