Nostalgia

Pontypool RFC lost 6-47 to the New Zealand All Blacks on October 18, 1989, at Pontypool Park. The match was watched by a crowd of 23,000.

New Zealand All Blacks

Archive: 35 years ago Pontypool RFC hosted the All Blacks for the last time

The Three Salmons Inn in Abergavenny, pictured in 1993

The Three Salmons Inn in Abergavenny, pictured in 1993

Take a look at these classic Gwent pubs from the 90s

Big Pit Museum celebrates 40th birthday by remembering the past

Big Pit Museum celebrates 40th birthday by remembering the past

Big Pit celebrates 40 years as museum and top Welsh tourist attraction

The gravestone of John Fielding, who served as John Williams in the Zulu War at the battle of Rorke’s Drift. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

The gravestone of John Fielding, who served as John Williams in the Zulu War at the battle of Rorke’s Drift. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Nostalgia: Remembering a Victoria Cross recipient who served at Rorke's Drift

An edition of the letters and correspondence of Thomas Henry Thomas is available at Torfaen Museum. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

An edition of the letters and correspondence of Thomas Henry Thomas is available at Torfaen Museum. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: The life of Pontypool's Thomas Henry Thomas

Disused railway tunnel re-opens to walkers and cyclists after winter closure

Disused railway tunnel re-opens to walkers and cyclists after winter closure

Disused railway tunnel re-opens to walkers and cyclists after winter closure

The Gatehouse at Llantarnam Abbey. Picture: Andy Prosser, South Wales Argus Camera Club.

The Gatehouse at Llantarnam Abbey. Picture: Andy Prosser, South Wales Argus Camera Club.

NOSTALGIA: The story of Torfaen and growth of Cwmbran

It is a unique property (Credit: Williams Associates Chartered Surveyors)

It is a unique property (Credit: Williams Associates Chartered Surveyors)

Look: Inside farmhouse designed by Buckingham Palace architect in Gwent

Mill Engine Town forge in Pontypool. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Mill Engine Town forge in Pontypool. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: When coal mining took over as the main Torfaen industry

Abersychan ironworks. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Abersychan ironworks. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Nostalgia: Torfaen's ironmaking past from the mid-eighteenth century

Monmouth demonstration in 1988

Monmouth demonstration in 1988

When people in Monmouthshire faced a whopping 31 per cent council tax increase

Nelson Morton, inset, donated this hand-made spinning wheel to Torfaen Museum. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Nelson Morton, inset, donated this hand-made spinning wheel to Torfaen Museum. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: A hand-made museum donation from a local carpenter

Top Gear in Abergavenny in 2012. Picture submitted by an Argus reader

Top Gear in Abergavenny in 2012. Picture submitted by an Argus reader

When Top Gear's Clarkson, May and Hammond caused chaos on the streets of Gwent

India & China Tea Company, Monmouth. Picture: Monmouth Museum © MonLife Heritage Museums

India & China Tea Company, Monmouth. Picture: Monmouth Museum © MonLife Heritage Museums

Step back in time 80 years with this picture of a Gwent tea shop

Myfanwy Haycock (left) in the garden at Mount Pleasant in Pontnewynydd with Huw Menai (centre) and her father Jimmy Pearce (right). Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Myfanwy Haycock (left) in the garden at Mount Pleasant in Pontnewynydd with Huw Menai (centre) and her father Jimmy Pearce (right). Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: Poets Myfanwy Haycock and Huw Menai in Pontnewynydd

Elizabeth Beniams (right) with her son Tom and his wife Winifred sat on the wall, their daughter Janet and her baby Ian and their dog Lady. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Elizabeth Beniams (right) with her son Tom and his wife Winifred sat on the wall, their daughter Janet and her baby Ian and their dog Lady. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: A family of canal workers from Pontnewydd for 50 years

A plan made of Pontypool from 1836. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

A plan made of Pontypool from 1836. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: An 1836 plan of Pontypool and the surrounding area

William Pritchard, left, with his father Reginald, who both died on the same day in May 1916.

William Pritchard, left, with his father Reginald, who both died on the same day in May 1916.

Stories of soldiers from Gwent village will be told in chapel of remembrance

A memorial plaque to the High Sheriff

A memorial plaque to the High Sheriff

The remarkable story of the 19th century non-conformist buried in Gwent

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

100 years ago in Monmouth

A copy of the George Dunlop Leslie painting that was discovered at Llantarnam Comprehensive School in 2000. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

A copy of the George Dunlop Leslie painting that was discovered at Llantarnam Comprehensive School in 2000. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: Royal Academy painter's work found at Llantarnam School in 2000

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Nostalgia - Monmouth Cottage Hospital

A picture from British Nylon Spinners used during the 1950s to encourage female applicants for jobs in its factories. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

A picture from British Nylon Spinners used during the 1950s to encourage female applicants for jobs in its factories. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: British Nylon Spinners' factory in Mamhilad

Employees of British Waterways on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in the early 1960s. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Employees of British Waterways on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in the early 1960s. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: Canal bridges, barges and boatmen in Pontypool

9/11 attacks 20 years on: How we covered the tragedy in the days that followed

9/11 attacks 20 years on: How we covered the tragedy in the days that followed

September 11 terrorist attacks

9/11 attacks 20 years on: How we covered the tragedy in the days that followed

Memorial to men who died while working on Severn Bridge to be unveiled

Memorial to men who died while working on Severn Bridge to be unveiled

Memorial to men who died while working on Severn Bridge to be unveiled

US Secret Service release 'never-before-seen' photos from September 11 attacks. (PA)

US Secret Service release 'never-before-seen' photos from September 11 attacks. (PA)

US Secret Service release 'never-before-seen' photos from September 11 attacks

9/11: Watch the 2 minute video which shows why people will 'never forget' (Courtesy of NETFLIX)

9/11: Watch the 2 minute video which shows why people will 'never forget' (Courtesy of NETFLIX)

9/11: The two minute video which shows why people will 'never forget'

Florence Pearce (Auntie Floss) at the organ at one of the first weddings to be held at the Race Methodist Church in September 2000. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Florence Pearce (Auntie Floss) at the organ at one of the first weddings to be held at the Race Methodist Church in September 2000. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: Remembering 'Auntie Floss' at The Race tin church

Lady Diana Spencer wearing an emerald green taffeta dress ahead of her marraige to HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, in 1981. Photo: Snowdon Camera Press London

Lady Diana Spencer wearing an emerald green taffeta dress ahead of her marraige to HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, in 1981. Photo: Snowdon Camera Press London

Looking back at Princess Diana and her life in photographs

Belle Vue Terrace was built to house the colliery and canal workforces and their families. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Belle Vue Terrace was built to house the colliery and canal workforces and their families. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: The Henllys miners' homes and tram roads

The Blaenavon Jubilee Beacon, built in 1935 to celebrate 25 years of the reign of King George V. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

The Blaenavon Jubilee Beacon, built in 1935 to celebrate 25 years of the reign of King George V. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: The Blaenavon Jubilee Beacon built in 1935 for King George V

Nostalgia: A shopping spree in years gone by

Nostalgia: A shopping spree in years gone by

Nostalgia: A shopping spree in years gone by

A drawing of the canal at Cwmbran in the sketchbook of William Henry Greene, a nineteenth century journalist, author and poet. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

A drawing of the canal at Cwmbran in the sketchbook of William Henry Greene, a nineteenth century journalist, author and poet. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: The sketches of a 19th century Free Press reporter and poet

James Stephen and the eight-hour week monument in Melbourne

James Stephen and the eight-hour week monument in Melbourne

The story of Chepstow's forgotten Chartist who fought for the eight-hour day

A horse being led over the bridge at Pontymoile junction on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

A horse being led over the bridge at Pontymoile junction on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: Looking back at the beginnings of Torfaen's waterways

MM 25.6.11
BLAENAVON WORLD HERITAGE DAY COSTUME PARADE SOME OF THE CROWDS

MM 25.6.11
BLAENAVON WORLD HERITAGE DAY COSTUME PARADE SOME OF THE CROWDS

Looking back at Blaenavon's heritage parade

SWA MIKE LEWIS 25 6 11 REPORTER
AAAHH A MINI CUTIE FOUR YEAR OLD MAY CHILMAN (OK) OF BULWARK PARADING IN THE CHEPSTOW CARNIVAL

SWA MIKE LEWIS 25 6 11 REPORTER
AAAHH A MINI CUTIE FOUR YEAR OLD MAY CHILMAN (OK) OF BULWARK PARADING IN THE CHEPSTOW CARNIVAL

Lots of fun and colours as we look back to Chepstow Carnival 2011

Nurses and patients at Netley Hospital in Southampton during the First World War. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Nurses and patients at Netley Hospital in Southampton during the First World War. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: The First World War 'Welsh hospital' in Southampton

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Nostalgia: Chancers on the Monmouth railway in 1861

A formation of Puma helicopters will be seen over Herefordshire today. Picture: Stu Lane

A formation of Puma helicopters will be seen over Herefordshire today. Picture: Stu Lane

This is why military helicopters will be seen over Chepstow today

Race Methodist Church on Blaendare Road in Pontypool. Picture: Torfaen Museum

Race Methodist Church on Blaendare Road in Pontypool. Picture: Torfaen Museum

NOSTALGIA: One of the last 'tin churches' left in Pontypool

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Nostalgia: Sweet success for Monmouth Town during the 1930s

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Photograph from the collections of Monmouth Museum ©MonLife Heritage Museums

Nostalgia: The open road in Monmouth circa. 1903

Tom Wait and his family outside the Grade II listed Llanyrafon Mill in the 1920s. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

Tom Wait and his family outside the Grade II listed Llanyrafon Mill in the 1920s. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: The Grade II listed Llanyrafon Mill

The Girling factory in Cwmbran. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

The Girling factory in Cwmbran. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

NOSTALGIA: A look back at Girlings factory in Cwmbran

An eighteenth century print of charcoal gathering in Pontypool parklands overlooking Pontypool House, Wainfelin and the iron ore mines at Pontnewynydd. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

An eighteenth century print of charcoal gathering in Pontypool parklands overlooking Pontypool House, Wainfelin and the iron ore mines at Pontnewynydd. Picture: Torfaen Museum.

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NOSTALGIA: Torfaen's history as the 'cradle of Welsh industry'