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From: Colin Evans Email: <cevans@idl.net.au>
Location:: Australia
Posted on: Friday, January 04, 2002, 01:21 AM

What a brilliant web-site! I went to the school in the mid `50s but there seems to be a lot of people missing from that era. Many of the photos show students a year or so older than I am.
I went to the propellant Factory school, then the village school and then to Rogiet for a year or two before the "11 Plus" in about 1960.
Other names that spring to mind are Lee Morgan, Peter Brandon, Rosemary Titcombe and John Hillier to name a few.
Now I am soaking up the sun on the beautiful Central Coast of New South Wales (Unfortunately covered in bush fire smoke at present.)

From: Kelvin Bonning Email: <taff@kbonning.freeserve.co.uk>
Location:: Cumbria
Posted on: Monday, January 21, 2002, 07:27 PM

This is a great site! I can remember visiting Caerwent as a little boy. I was always walking in the area. Is it true that there was a tramp living in the Five Lanes in the 1970s? I never found him! I am researching my family history. They are called Bonning and lived in Caerwent posibly 1918 to 1950s. They were called Henry, Clara and daughter Sarah Marie (Sally) Bonning. Does any one have any info or memories of them? Thanks.

From: Pen Ort Email: <pennie.woodhead@lineone.net>
Location:: Bedfordshire England
Posted on: Thursday, January 24, 2002, 09:58 PM

Hello,
I have seen several people with the surname Wenzel on your interesting pages. My grandmother was a Wenzel. It is not a common name, I wondered if we might be related.
Please do email if you are also curious.
thanks.

From: Virginia Williams Kelly Email: <vkelly@mindspring.com>
Location:: Maryland and Florida U.S.A.
Posted on: Sunday, February 03, 2002, 04:13 PM

What a wonderful web site. You must be very proud of all your young people for their tribute to Chris Hall it was a very moving article to read.

From: Ernest and Noreen Hatton Email: <hatton@cfl.rr.com>
Location:: United States
Posted on: Sunday, February 10, 2002, 05:26 PM

Hello to all from the U.S.

From: Mark Jones Email: <pc-web@creators.co.uk>
Location:: Caerwent
Posted on: Monday, February 18, 2002, 10:54 AM

Excellent web site. I returned back to Caerwent four years years ago. I used to play with Anthony, Rob and Dave Morgan in my youthful days!

Would it be possible to advertise on your web site?? I am starting up a business on the IT solutions.
Best Regards, Mark

From: Jodie Bowen Russu Email: <Watergrdnr@aolcom>
Location:: Southern Texas, USA
Posted on: Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 01:44 AM

Congratulations on your successful shoe box project.

I was so suprised to see where your gifts are going, as my husband's father was born in the village of Cluj in Transylvania, Roumania. He was born in this country (the USA) but returnd to Roumania with his sister to be schooled in Transylvania.

I assume you are aware that during the Caucesciu reign many of the thousands of children in orphanages throughout the country suffered from AIDS because of the unbelievably filthy conditions there.

A number of Americans (and I assume ohers) have adopted those children without being informed that they were aids victims.

Buna fortuna (good luck).

Jodie Bowen Russu

From: Colin Dean Email: <colinsuedean@lineone.net>
Location:: Alton Pancras, near Dorchester, Dorset. Incidentally, Hilary French lives nearby
Posted on: Saturday, March 23, 2002, 09:51 PM

My sister was Averil Dean, now Morgan. We lived at Dinham Road. Averil can name all the front row (girls) in the Caerwent schooldyas 1953 photograph.
From left to right; Averil Dean; Mary Evans; Denise Bradfield; Vyrlie Drewell; Margaret Morgan (not Vera, she was Margaret's younger sister); Wendy Hicks; June Evans, now deceased; Marion Edwards; Carol Jones; Carol Lewis; Mary Jones.
Hope that's helpful.

Thanks Colin - the school photograph page has been amended accordingly.
Best wishes - Bryan

From: Colin Dean Email: <colinsuedean@lineone.net>
Location:: Dorchester, Dorset
Posted on: Saturday, March 23, 2002, 09:57 PM

My parents were Harold and Lilian. Father was a chemical plumber at RNPF. He may be best remembered for producing the variety shows at the Welfare 1946-54. I went to Caerwent School 1946-51 and Larkfield 1951-5. Then I went to work in Bristol and was never heard of again! I played football for the factory youth team and Caerwent youth team, the latter in the Caldicot & District League.
Now I am retired, living in Alton Pancras, famous for being the source of the (River) Piddle, north of Dorchester.
If there is still anyone alive (or dead for that matter) who remembers me and is not afraid to admit it, I would like to hear from you.

From: Margaret Fuller Email: <mfuller@woodbro.freeserve.co.uk>
Location:: Tutshill
Posted on: Wednesday, April 03, 2002, 07:57 PM

Brin (not Bryn!) and I have spent a very enjoyable hour looking at all the photographs of him and his school friends and family, including several of his father (Walter).
Excellent site - must have been a lot of work but great for those of us who know Caerwent as well as those just visiting! Congratulations!
If you're speaking to Mabel Hudson give her our very best wishes - she still doesn't look a day over 60!

From: Eric Archer Email: <e.r.a@btinternet.com>
Location:: Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
Posted on: Wednesday, April 17, 2002, 09:05 AM

Dear Bryan,
May I first say how delightful your website is. It is clear & concise, yet keeps the reader's interest.
I was particularly taken by the article on 'The Factory'. As a young boy my mother & I would go to Cardiff, from London on the Black & White coaches.
They often stopped next door to 'The Factory' to refresh the passengers. I was always intrigued by the camouflage which covered the tall buildings next door and I wondered what went on there.
Now I know I realise what a remarkable story it is.
Thanks once again for including such a scholarly article.
Kind Regards
Eric Archer

From: George Fitzgerald Email: <gef@georgefitzgerald.co.uk>
Location:: Burnley, Lancashire
Posted on: Saturday, April 20, 2002, 10:11 PM

I've been popping in and out of the site for quite some time now, and particularly appreciate the school photographs. I married a Caerwent girl, Mary Evans, but sadly lost her last year. We have four daughters and two grandsons. Each site visit I look to see if there are any further pictures of Mary (there are 3 at the moment). My thanks to all who have put the site together. I hope to visit some time this year.

ALL? There's just me George! Thanks for your kind words - Bryan

From: Jared Email: <jaredperrine@hotmail.com>
Location:: USA
Posted on: Monday, April 22, 2002, 06:03 PM

After five years of study on Dark Ages history, Derrick's tour of Gray Hill, St. Tathan Chuch, Llanmellin Hill Fort, and the Roman walls was impressive and informative. I recommend these tours to anyone. He is a knowledgeable guide - and one who is quite personable I might add!

From: Mark Jones Email: <pc-web@creators.co.uk>
Location:: Caerwent
Posted on: Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 09:44 AM

Hi Bryan,
What software did you use to build this site?
Thanks, Mark.
Hi Mark - I don't use software, I just write the html files as I go. I use a Fuji 6900 and Photoshop for the graphics, CuteHTML software for syntax checking and CuteFTP for fast bulk uploading.
Best wishes, Bryan

From: Zalman Greenberg Email: <clbzalman@matat.health.gov.il>
Posted on: Monday, April 29, 2002, 09:25 AM

I gave a lecture about Dr. Cropper in the Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Microbiology which took place in Jerusalem on 20.2.2002. Here is the abstract of the lecture:

Dr. JOHN CROPPER pioneer of malaria and mosquito research in Palestine. Greenberg Z. Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem.

Dr. John Cropper was born on September 17th, 1864, at Guisborough, Yorkshire, England. He obtained his medical degree from Cambridge University in 1891. In 1895 he married Anne Ellen Walker and soon afterwards he was sent by the Church Missionary Society as a medical missionary to Turkey, Palestine and East Africa (Sudan and Uganda). He stayed in Palestine for about 10 years working in institutes belonging to the "London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews" in Acre, Nablus, R.

From: Robert Luff Email: <rob_luff@hotmail.com>
Location:: Aberystwyth
Posted on: Monday, May 06, 2002, 01:10 AM

Excellent site Bryan - keep up the good work.

From: Caroline Jones Email: <Boogabas@aol.com>
Location:: Powys, Wales
Posted on: Tuesday, May 28, 2002, 11:07 AM

There was a Des Pewtner in a photo of a band. Are there any Pewtners still around? That was my Grandmother's Surname.

From: Derrick Williams Email: <derrick@dislew.freeserve.co.uk>
Posted on: Thursday, June 06, 2002, 06:54 PM

I wish to thank everyone who made the Queen's Golden Jubilee weekend such an event in Caerwent, that all who were involved will never forget such a wonderful day.
Thanks to all who supported & sponsored the events.
Best wishes
Derrick

From: Tony Email: <route66rnrclub@aol.com>
Location:: Caldicot
Posted on: Thursday, June 06, 2002, 10:47 PM

To the committee and organisers of the Caerwent Jubilee weekend:
We would like to say thank you for asking us to be part of your entertainment for the Monday evening. We had a great night, and I think most people went home having enjoyed themselves!
Once again, well done to you all.
Regards,
Tony & Kevin of 'Route 66'

From: David L. PENDRY Email: <dpendry@msn.com>
Location:: Arizona, USA.
Posted on: Thursday, June 13, 2002, 04:33 PM

Looking for PENDRY or PENRY, WITNEY or WHITNEY,BLADON, MORGAN, BLOWER, etc. from your area.

From: Di Cummings Email: <dicummings@mailcity.com>
Location:: Melbourne Australia
Posted on: Monday, June 17, 2002, 06:13 PM

I am researching the following: The brother of my grandfather's grandfather died at Llanvair Discoed recently. There was found among the belongings of Mr William Harvey Mullett, a book containing the story of his life, written in a style which leaves no doubt that the deceased man made the most of his spare time in improving his education.
The whole work is dedicated to Miss Micklethwait of Penheim, April 10th 1895 and the top of the opening page bears the French proverb - 'Rein n'est beau que le vrai'.
One gathers from the book that Mullett was born in China Hall cottage, Deptford Road, London on September 8th 1837, at which time his father was confidential traveller to a firm of wholesale paper makers, Upper Thames St, London and the Mills, Monmouth.

From: Margaret Minns (Hicks) Email: <trevorminns@btinternet.com>
Location:: Somerset
Posted on: Monday, June 17, 2002, 10:41 PM

I have just enjoyed a trip down memory lane via the Caerwent web site.I'm pleased to see "The Tump" restored, but I remember it with conker trees on top.
I was particularly interested to see the picture of John Peach and Laureen Jones as the carnival king and queen in 1939. I have a picture of the courtladies. I was one of them. It's on its way to you by snail mail,as I have not yet mastered the art of sending pictures by email. Thanks for a really good website Bryan.
Margaret Minns

From: Lyn Kennedy Email: <lkennedy@valylink.net.au>
Location:: Victoria, Australia
Posted on: Friday, June 21, 2002, 05:49 AM

I have just discovered your site while chasing ancestors - in particular a William Harvey Mullett who was living (and probably died)in LLanvair Discoed early in the last century. He was a sailor and dedicated a diary recording his adventures, to a Miss Micklethwaite of Llanvair Discoed in 1895.
Perhaps he was the parish clerk listed in Kelly's directory of Monmouthshire for 1901. Do you have any history buffs who could pass on any clues?

From: Amanda Jones Email: <Qtpie411a@aol.com>
Location:: Los Angeles, California
Posted on: Thursday, August 08, 2002, 07:48 PM

I want to thank everyone that I might have seen and tell them I miss them all. It was nice to see the village again and to see all my family. Missing you all!!!

From: Nick Hodges Email: <nickhodges2001@hotmail.com>
Location:: The eastern end of Caerwent
Posted on: Monday, August 19, 2002, 10:32 PM

Where are all the photos you were telling me about Bryan?!!!
Thank's for all the hard work you put in. - Nick :-)

Hello Nick - Holidays got in the way. Give me time!! - Bry

From: Mark Email: <mark@sedburystrollers.com>
Location:: UK
Posted on: Tuesday, September 03, 2002, 04:16 PM

Good site.

From: Nick Hodges Email: <nickhodges@hotmail.com>
Location:: Sunny Florida, USA
Posted on: Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 08:55 PM

Hi! Just to say how nice and warm it is here in Florida, ha,ha,ha!

Nick - Just don't bring any alligators back - Caerwent Brook isn't big enough.
It's very warm and sunny here too. (not) - Bry

From: Naomi Walters Email: <naomi.walters@newport.ac.uk>
Location:: Caerwent (Vernon Grove)
Posted on: Monday, November 18, 2002, 01:09 PM

Great site, the photos are excellent they will come in handy for my essays! Perhaps it would have been easier to walk down the road and knock on your door rather than go to uni to view them...

From: Tony Stock Email: <stock.basl@btclick.com>
Location:: Maidenhead, England
Posted on: Monday, December 02, 2002, 06:54 PM

Just been back to the site after many months - some great new photos, especially the RNPF staff shots.
The Maggie Warren in the 1946 lab shot I knew as 'Auntie Peggie' - she came from Birkenhead same as my parents.
I must try to find some of my old slides and get them scanned - but 'retirement' seems to make one busy!
Tony

From: Ray Lloyd Email: <raylloyd@lineone.net>
Location:: I now live at North Cornelly, Bridgend. (3½ miles from Porthcawl).
Posted on: Monday, December 16, 2002, 08:42 PM

I have just looked in after quite a spell. Reading the 25 years page it is to my interest see the reference to Elizabeth Fry. She was in fact my Grandmother, and her Daughter Gwynneth was my Aunt.
I lived at Llanfair discoed for 17 years until I joined the Royal Navy in 1950, and still have many happy memories of Llanfair, Caerwent and also Llanvaches. I sent in a photo of Llanfair Discoed back last year, showing the Greenhouses.
I can picture where it was taken, in 1945 in the castle grounds even now, just opposite Kemeys Cottage where we lived. A lot of the names mentioned I remember. Thanks for a good website,
Ray.

From: Jan Clarke Email: <jan.clarke59@ntlworld.com>
Location:: Not so far away - in Newport!
Posted on: Saturday, December 21, 2002, 12:14 PM

Thanks for those wonderful photographs. I'm sure that 'my' Hudsons must be among those earliest ones.
I'm looking for descendants of John and Alice (?) Hudson (neé Randall). Their many children included Bert, Lizzie, Alice, Edith and an illegitimate grandson Tom.

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