Abertillery motoring and transport (submitted by Graham White)

These excellent evocative pictures were kindly offered to the site for display by Graham White and capture the excitement and thrill of early days of car usage in the town.

The site is very grateful to Graham who would like to dedicate the pages to his father, Mr Ivor Lionel Graham White, who is seen in some of the pictures.

This is a picture of one of the earliest cars in the Abertillery. The identity of the car or the driver is not clear but it is thought that the person behind the wheel may be Mr. Barrell who set up the fruit and vegetable business in Six Bells.

Abertillery Motor Club at The Park at the start of a treasure hunt in the 1950s.

The remains of the old bandstand are visible in the background where later Henley's buses would turn around after travelling down Carlyle and Glandwr Streets. The river's course has now also been altered.

Members of the Abertillery Motor Club pictured at the same meeting at The Park

Left to right: John Watkins and his father, Pete Rathbone, John Merritt, n/k, n/k, Mr Smith, Lydia Watkins, Hilda Silk, Maureen Taylor, Ivor White, Bob Silk, n/k.

Abertillery Motor Club's driving tests at The Park and Fred Day inspects Alf Young's skills.

Ivor White is seen with his award-winning Sunbeam Talbot, which he restored from a wreck.

Abertillery Motor Club All-night rally:

Left-to right: n/k Fred Day, Ivor White, n/k, John Morgan [who owned the card shop in town. Seated in the car is John Merritt. The car was hand built by Ivor White who called all his cars Whitford specials.

Ivor White with his Ford Popular and some of his trophies he won for rallying.