The 'Bro Cynffig' Chronicles is an exciting project, which plans to record and tell the history of the Cynffig area, through the words, drawings and activities of its children.
Every school in the Pyle, Cornelly, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr area is participating in the project by drawing upon the support of community groups and local people to help gather the evidence needed to document the area's rich historical background. This information will then be shared with all through the creation of history trails, journals and via this website.
Click here to find out more about how you can help.
Don't forget to ask your gran and all other members of your family to help. They might not have read this web site, so ask them for us. Help them get in touch and we will do the rest.
25/10/2007
The logo competition was a great success, with inspirational entries from a number of schools!
As we travel around at speed and comfort in our buses or air-conditioned motorcars it’s easy to forget that the tarmac roads we travel on were not always there.
Because of our roads the journey through Cynffig from Cornelly to Cefn Cribwr can be done these days in minutes even in the depths of winter but imagine what it was like long ago when the roads were just a dirt track, muddy in the winter and rutted and bumpy in the summer.
In 1830, when they built the houses in Cefn Road they decided that even if the road through Cefn was just a mud track the people who lived there would at least walk along their street without getting muddy. So all the houses were built with a pebble footpath at their front.
Some of the houses still have their original pebbled fronts. If you’re ever in Cefn Road - take a look and see how many you can spot!
We are pleased to announce that Ken Maund (Project Co-ordinator) has been awarded a well deserved Gold Mayor’s Award for all his hard work in successfully establishing the ‘Bro Cynffig’ Chronicles project.
