Brian's Useful Pages of Fact & the Unusual-New IBM PC Structure-Stomach ulcer treatment-Update 8/9/96

About my page

My name is Brian Gardner and I live in the South Wales valley town of Tredegar.
I intend to use these pages to present subjects and items that interest me. I will also use links to other pages to present further information.

These pages are always under construction and I will be adding further topics of interest. So please place it on your bookmark list for return visits.

Contents

Strange Happenings

ShareWare

Internet Search Page

Science and Technology
(Material on the engineering family, "Brunels" Added 1/1/98 & Update 'Famous people of Science', added 5/4/99)

Computer Page
(Update 21/02/98, Info.Millennium Bug)

IBM PC Structure Updated Information to help with your computer upgrade. (Updated and new info.added 16/09/98)

Stomach Ulcer Treatment
My experience, which may help other sufferers .

The Welsh Valley Town of Tredegar A page for descendants of families from the old Iron town, who live around the world.
'Brian's Corner of the Town' a get together for friends from the town, around the world.(see, Gwent Gazette article about page & New 'Tredegar Town Guide' .)
See page about Volume two of Scanrett's history of Tredegar Old Tredegar Volume 2
Information about Troedrhiwgwair village, added 11/02/98.
Also see Images of village school Troedrhiwgwair School, Images added 26/06/98, and
Images of the 18th Century 'Fountain Inn'Pub Troedrhiwgwair Fountain Inn, Images
and from the vallage on Troedrhiwgwair & Valley, Images

The Tredegar Story on Video a history of the Valley's Town from its birth to the modern day. 'Click' on link for more information.

Family History Guide Information for those tracing their family history.

Troedrhiwgwair 1881 census of House occupants You will find this page useful if you are looking for family information about the village. All the residents of the village, and some surrounding houses, are listed for the census of 1881.

Troedrhiwgwair House Occupants 1940/50' On the following link is a database of families that lived in the village during the 1940's and 1950's.

Tredegar and America:

Tredegar Ironworks, Richmond Virginia In 1833 Rhys Davies and a number of fellow workers from Tredegar were commissioned to assist in the building of an Ironworks in Richmond, Virginia USA. Its importance to the Southern States during the American civil war was immense. The story of the works is on the following link.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, and John F. Davis The Scranton family had a huge problem with the new Blast furnace. They had tried twice to 'blow' the furnace without any success. The importance of the expertise of John F. Davis, from Tredegar, in bringing about expansion of the city, and a main area for Welsh immigration during the last century, is on this link.

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