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| What's new on the Crosskeys Website | ||
| 23rd November 2008 | Added photograph
of Crosskeys Youth 64/65 Thanks to Mrs E. Coomer |
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| 22nd June 2008 | Added Flash Video of Oakdale Silver Band at Waunfawr Park | |
| 11th June 2008 | Added Flash Video
highlights of Newport Borough Band at Waunfawr Park |
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| 17th November 2007 | New album created with photos taken in 2005 and 2006 | |
| 18th February 2007 | Added old
postcard of Newtown Crosskeys Thanks to Mr G. Webster for this rare photo |
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| 11th November 2006 | Flash Videos Added | |
| 1st December 2005 | Updated photos of Cwmcarn village and views | |
| 30th Nomber 2005 | Added some old photos of Crosskeys. Thanks to Mr. C. Grace for Crosskeys Youth at Pandy Park and Mr & Mrs D.John for the other five photos. All web links checked and verified. Fixed all faulty links especially What's On and Gwent links Some new local photos coming soon. |
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| 29th November 2005 | Transfered files
from www.xkeys.freeserve.co.uk to a new server with the Domain name www.crosskeys.me.uk The Crosskeys Website has been running on the Freeserve webspace for 7 years ! |
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| 20th November 2005 | Updated links page. | |
| October 2005 | Added South Wales News Feed . News page is
automatically generated and updates every 60 minutes with the main headlines about South Wales. Please allow 5-6 secs for page to be delivered to your browser. New local books added to the shelves of the "Bookshop" |
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| 2nd June 2005 | New Photo Gallery set up on Photobox. This allows me to store numerous high quality megapixel images online and gives you the opportunity to order high quality prints. Click here for further details. |
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| 7th August 2004 | Added the Morgan
Collection of old Postcards and Photographs Vol. 01 and Vol.02. Many thanks to Mr. J. Morgan . Transferred the Dixon Collection to a new server. |
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| 30th June 2004 | An extract from
Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire added showing Private and Commercial residents of Crosskeys in 1914 |
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| 11th July 2003 | Added three Real Audio/Video clips of Crosskeys Silver
Band playing live at Waunfawr Park. Each clip lasts for approx 3minutes. You'll need Real Player to view these embedded Video/Audio Streams. If you don't already have a copy of Real Player a Free Basic version can be downloaded . nb. these low quality 20 Kbps audio/video streams have been designed so that they should function OK on a 28K modem or better. |
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| 3rd May 2003 | Started
rebuilding the Bookshop which will hold initially
books about Local History, the History of Gwent , the towns and villages of Western Gwent and the Collieries of South Wales. |
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| 24th November | Added What's On in South Wales | |
| 10th November | Updated the Valley Postcards feature. Sixteen new images
available for posting . |
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| 29th September | Added two Panoramas of the Rhymney Valley | |
| 22nd September | Added Panoramas of Gelligaer, Blaencwm,
and the Cynon & Taff to the South Wales Valley Photographs website. Thanks to Dr P. Brabham for the use of these images from his collection. More to come soon........ |
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| 2nd September | Added Panoramas of Crosskeys and
Abertillery Thanks to Mr R. Adams for the 6* Zoom of Xkeys |
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| 5th June | Added Panoramic view of Abercarn | |
| 13th May | Added Islwyn - Poet and Preacher in the Local History Section | |
| 27 April | The Crosskeys Bookshop is currently being rebuilt & updated. | |
| 10th March | Local History
Timeline updated and amended. Gwent links updated Free Electronic Postcard feature added. |
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| 2nd February | Free Screensaver
(slideshow) availabable for download Click here for further details |
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| 5th January | Added first group of January Photos | |
| 2nd January | Updated the Gwent
links page Added two old photos of Crumlin Railway Viaduct - see More Old Photos Thanks to Mr. A. Wiltshire |
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| 31st December | Added details of
those killed in the Prince of Wales Colliery disaster
1878 Many thanks to Mr. G. Osborne for the loan of the print "Entombed in Flood & Flame" (Located under Local History) |
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| 30th December | Added poem about
the Prince of Wales Colliery Disaster 1878 and two Ballads about the Blackvein Colliery Disasters in 1846 & 1860 (Located under Local History) Many thanks to Mr. C. Lewis for translating the Welsh Ballads |
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| 18th December | Added the "Dixon
Collection " - Photographs of Lord Tredegar's visit
to the Parish of Risca in 1896 Many thanks to Mr. J. Dixon & Family and Mr. D. Thomas |
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