Stormy Down quarry was my dads place of work for many years. He was a local lorry driver, and, as my older sister was in a Jazz Band ( remember those ), mum took her and I went to work with dad. That would have been in the mid to late 70’s and I especially remember those quarries well. Over the old railway bridge by the Esso petrol station, and it was on the right hand side. I haven’t been there for decades but I remember well before the Cornelly by-pass and the old road into Porthcawl.
My grandad Norman and his family owned Grove Quarry. R Rees and sons. It was then sold on to Mix Concrete, in the early 1970s. Just as matter of interest. 😊
I've recently been watching your videos as I enjoy a good walk in the countryside, I'm from Bettws Bridgend but moved down south Cornelly 5 years ago and I love exploring around the area, I thought I done all the walks around Cornelly area but since watching your videos I realised I haven't walked half of the walks yet. Thanks for the videos. Ps I've noticed they cut back the tree by the public foot path by the Grove golf club so you can now see it, they must of watched your video 😂
By the way, I do now have 2nd channel dedicated to just walking - look up 'Marcus Walks'. It's not so much about the history but shows you the paths to take and maps etc.
Great videos of Porthcawl and local area! I used to live in South Cornelly, I remember when they built the bypass. The old Smokey Cott bridge was terrible and you're right that it stayed there for a long time after! I wondered what that walk was like, I didn't know about the roman road or the J37 history...we went to the 3 horse shoes pub all of the time it was a great pub :)
Cracking vlog Marcus - as usual. It's an area I know nothing about, so your walk and the info you gave is very interesting. Thanks very much for sharing. Hwyl.
Interesting video,nice to see the parts that you never see when you visit the seaside.We went from Porthcawl on the bus to Port Talbot when we were staying in Porthcawl,the bus travelled through Cornelly and Pyle.Keep up the good work.
They used to do a lovely Sunday lunch in the Shoes, couldn't remember what it was called, I love local history, just finished an afternoon shift and I am binge watching, lol, thank you, keep up the great work 😊
Great video Marcus. Loved the old photos too. I was born at Heol Fach North Cornelly and also lived on New Rd Porthcawl. Great childhood memories! Love your videos, they're so interesting. Thank you Marcus
Brought back some memories there Marcus, a load of us used to walk that route as 13 years old somethings, it's more exciting on a crisp cold night due to the lack of light pollution, walking, talking and enjoying the stars was something to behold as a young teenager. Another great production as ever. Have you thought of filming Pyle woods? Lots of history down that way, The farm house, waterfall, and the fresh water spring. Spent many wonderful years playing there as a kid growing up in the late 70's and early 80's.
Great video. Got a lot of good memories living round there. That water in the quarry was known locally as the blue lagoon. I use to go swimming in there. Funny you mentioned the Roman road. That Water Street which passes through North Cornelly is the Roman road. Hey you mentioned Caerleon funny that in my current neighborhood
How are you doing master Marcus mrs mellissa ihope you are fine iam new subscriber Arabic lady citizen since 2019 I began to subscribe to the British American CZcams channels we are as foreigners subscribers as overseas students enjoy to explore places unknown to us to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well so that I gathered main information about place you visited briefly here it’s south Cornelly is village in Cornelly bridgend county borough wales it’s close to north Cornelly plye porthcawl junction 37 of m 4 motorway which runs in along northern side in historic county of glamorgan
It used to be quite beautiful before the motorway and those vulgar modern disasters. ty main was an annual charity event in my childhood. beautiful house and gardens. I was born in Nth Cornelly before the council estates ruined everything..sigh.
According to Richard Morgan (former Archivist at Glamorgan Archives ) in “Place Names of Glamorgan” the name Cornelly may well derive from Old English “corn Leah” meaning clearing frequented by cranes. The article is well worth a read.
NICE LIL ADVENTURE , HAVE YOU DONE ANY VIDEOS OF RAF STORMY DOWN OR THE ROMAN LOCATIONS , AND THE AREAS INVOLVED IN THE UK CIVIL WAR , BE INTERESTED TO SEE THOSE PLACES AND THE HISTORY TOO , CUZ BESIDES YOU N MEL AND A FEW OTHER CHANNELS NOT MUCH OF WALES IS SHOWN TO THE WORLD BY WELSH PEOPLE IT'S ALWAYS OUTSIDERS , GREAT STUFF AS USUAL M&M TAKE CARE FOLKS 👌👌😁😁
@@shaneiptv7644 I don't really know, the only person I knew who was allowed on land not that far away was good friends with the farmer. The farmer didn't allow anyone else on.
@@flydriveexplore i find it so interesting. Is there any were in the areai can try im no expert and wouldnt leave mess. Or maybe try beach by that big house u did video of thanks again
@@flydriveexplore well the thing is. He wrote them just before he passed away in 2009, so he never saw the finish of them. So on some of them you'll see Barrie Griffiths and that was him
What you got to remember is, the normans couldnt speak original british, y cymru. so often they just cobled together an english sounding word, that made sense to them. for example Henffordd, when it was still part of wales, is now hereford. or old road correctly translated. at the time, most of the anglo saxons and normans were illiterate, whilst wales had been trading with egypt back before the 4 centuary bc, as depicted in hugh edwards excellent biography of brition. Other little rehashings are CWM or valley.. pen y cwm.. head of the valley. valley your head (hair), which became combe (cwm) your hair. many other rehashings on the towns as well, abertyleri became abertillery... cynffig became kenfig. why because the normans and anglo saxons could only spell using phenonics. gruffydd became griffiths etc. so cornelly may have been a norman of the original name... cornelly souds like llanelli, holly ground of ellis, when translated in to english. so weve got the land belong to St Elli so far, so what about the corn... which in welsh becomes horn or trumpet. would then make sense gornelli, which would then retranslate into english as, the trumpet of st elli. taken one step further, a trumpet call is a rallying point. which would fit in, with the old fort, burried under the sand dunes. which was discovered on time team, about 15ish years ago. another great example of the invading tribes, stealing welsh tech, is the sissneg bwr, english long bow. it was based on the original welsh long bow, which was put to great use,, by welshbowmen, at the battle of agincore in france. such was the excellence of the welshbowmen of sulures, gwent south wales. it took the romans 54 years to establish camp at caerleon, whilst england fell in a matter of weeks, however. iy must be stressed it was not called ingsland at the time. as the german anglo saxon tribes was yet to invade and rebrand mercia under its catchy new title ingsland, meaning fertile setlement. of course the land would be fertile, because the native peace loving celtic farmers had already done all the deforestation and cultivation.
Last part of my research the village is accessible from motor way a 4229 and a 48 there are regular buses to porthcawl bridge and port Talbot nearest railway station is Pyle it’s came into being as an Anglo Norman settment in second half of 12 th century its named after st Cornelius and original Cornelly through document of time indicated almost known as Thomas town after Thomas son of William an Early local lord of manor his descendants adopted name de Cornelly their house is believed to have been located at site of mansion called ty maen on main road through village iam so sorry to be little long the writing and reading is great way to improve our English much better than conversation did you agree stay safe blessed good luck to you your dearest ones
Morning Marcus, we visited Margam Park on Saturday....its been a long time since we were there last, can you put me out of my misery and tell me which of your videos shows you inside the castle in the area of the grand staircase, I can’t find it. Cheers and regards to Mel , thought I saw you the other morning on the prom in your kilt? It was very windy **** keep up the good work, Keith
Me in a kilt on the prom, now that's a disturbing image.I don't think I've done a video of me inside the Margam house as during the last few visits it is still closed. I may have used a still photograph I took a few years ago on a facebook post but I couldn't find it on any film. It would be good to see inside the place again, was it open when you visited?
I must have imagined it, the castle was closed on Saturday but in the evening whilst searching for your film I came across on CZcams a film THE HAUNTING OF MARGAM CASTLE its a low budget horror film ..worth a look too scary for Mel to watch though
I think it was about 2 and half to 3 miles. Not exactly sure as I walked nearly 4 miles but that's because I was walking back and forth filming on the route.
Stormy Down quarry was my dads place of work for many years. He was a local lorry driver, and, as my older sister was in a Jazz Band ( remember those ), mum took her and I went to work with dad. That would have been in the mid to late 70’s and I especially remember those quarries well. Over the old railway bridge by the Esso petrol station, and it was on the right hand side. I haven’t been there for decades but I remember well before the Cornelly by-pass and the old road into Porthcawl.
I remember the Jazz Bands, they used to have a regular competition here in Porthcawl.
Great video I enjoyed it very much. Can't wait to see more soon have a great day 😀
Thanks, more local ones coming next month.
My grandad Norman and his family owned Grove Quarry. R Rees and sons. It was then sold on to Mix Concrete, in the early 1970s. Just as matter of interest. 😊
Thanks very much for the info.
@Bryn Williams my Grandad Norman would be very pleased to hear that. Did you do that with my Mum’s cousin, Graham? As I know he did that as well.
I've recently been watching your videos as I enjoy a good walk in the countryside, I'm from Bettws Bridgend but moved down south Cornelly 5 years ago and I love exploring around the area, I thought I done all the walks around Cornelly area but since watching your videos I realised I haven't walked half of the walks yet. Thanks for the videos. Ps I've noticed they cut back the tree by the public foot path by the Grove golf club so you can now see it, they must of watched your video 😂
Thanks, I noticed that's been cleared too.
Superb local walk, very well researched, I love your presentation! well done that man.
Much appreciated!
By the way, I do now have 2nd channel dedicated to just walking - look up 'Marcus Walks'. It's not so much about the history but shows you the paths to take and maps etc.
Great videos of Porthcawl and local area! I used to live in South Cornelly, I remember when they built the bypass. The old Smokey Cott bridge was terrible and you're right that it stayed there for a long time after! I wondered what that walk was like, I didn't know about the roman road or the J37 history...we went to the 3 horse shoes pub all of the time it was a great pub :)
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed them. 👍
Cracking vlog Marcus - as usual. It's an area I know nothing about, so your walk and the info you gave is very interesting. Thanks very much for sharing. Hwyl.
Thanks 👍 Same here, everyone drives past South Cornelly but this was the first time I walked it.
Interesting video,nice to see the parts that you never see when you visit the seaside.We went from Porthcawl on the bus to Port Talbot when we were staying in Porthcawl,the bus travelled through Cornelly and Pyle.Keep up the good work.
It's an very old area and I didn't know much about it until recently.
Thanks for your video 👍🏻
They used to do a lovely Sunday lunch in the Shoes, couldn't remember what it was called, I love local history, just finished an afternoon shift and I am binge watching, lol, thank you, keep up the great work 😊
Thanks
I live here great to see
Thanks, yes there's not much online about the area.
Excellent video - and the sound from that mic is really good
Thank you very much. The mic is a Rode Wireless Go.
Great video Marcus. Loved the old photos too. I was born at Heol Fach North Cornelly and also lived on New Rd Porthcawl. Great childhood memories! Love your videos, they're so interesting. Thank you Marcus
Glad you enjoyed it
The best people come from North Cornelly!
Very interesting video. Nice to see that people have saved those old photos to help preserve history.
Thanks, there are probably quite a few more photos out there somewhere.
Good morning Marcus and Mel.
Yes, it was the early 90's when they built the by-pass. Sadly a driver died on it a couple of days after it opened.
Interesting video again.
Thanks for watching it and glad you found it interesting.
Thanks
Thank you very much, appreciated.
Excellent video, nicely done and a good bit of Historical info.
Cheers 🍻 👍👍🤩
Many thanks!
Well done Marcus, Another very enjoyable vlog. Lots of history information. Keep up the good work. I hope you've dried out.
Thank you once again.
Thanks. It wasn't raining a mile away, it was dry when I drove back to Porthcawl.
What a fascinating little place have known people with name and surname roman cornelius think that's how you spell it
Run through Heol Y Sheet lane all the time!
Interesting Marcus.
Thanks
Brought back some memories there Marcus, a load of us used to walk that route as 13 years old somethings, it's more exciting on a crisp cold night due to the lack of light pollution, walking, talking and enjoying the stars was something to behold as a young teenager. Another great production as ever. Have you thought of filming Pyle woods? Lots of history down that way, The farm house, waterfall, and the fresh water spring. Spent many wonderful years playing there as a kid growing up in the late 70's and early 80's.
Is that the area behind the church in Pyle following the river down stream. We went there last summer magnet fishing, never walked there before.
Great video. Got a lot of good memories living round there. That water in the quarry was known locally as the blue lagoon. I use to go swimming in there.
Funny you mentioned the Roman road. That Water Street which passes through North Cornelly is the Roman road. Hey you mentioned Caerleon funny that in my current neighborhood
Cheers. Glad you enjoyed it and brought back memories.
How are you doing master Marcus mrs mellissa ihope you are fine iam new subscriber Arabic lady citizen since 2019 I began to subscribe to the British American CZcams channels we are as foreigners subscribers as overseas students enjoy to explore places unknown to us to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well so that I gathered main information about place you visited briefly here it’s south Cornelly is village in Cornelly bridgend county borough wales it’s close to north Cornelly plye porthcawl junction 37 of m 4 motorway which runs in along northern side in historic county of glamorgan
It used to be quite beautiful before the motorway and those vulgar modern disasters. ty main was an annual charity event in my childhood. beautiful house and gardens. I was born in Nth Cornelly before the council estates ruined everything..sigh.
Another great video Marcus :)
Thanks again!
According to Richard Morgan (former Archivist at Glamorgan Archives ) in “Place Names of Glamorgan” the name Cornelly may well derive from Old English “corn Leah” meaning clearing frequented by cranes. The article is well worth a read.
Thanks for the info, I will take a look.
Another great video 😁
Glad you enjoyed
NICE LIL ADVENTURE , HAVE YOU DONE ANY VIDEOS OF RAF STORMY DOWN OR THE ROMAN LOCATIONS , AND THE AREAS INVOLVED IN THE UK CIVIL WAR , BE INTERESTED TO SEE THOSE PLACES AND THE HISTORY TOO , CUZ BESIDES YOU N MEL AND A FEW OTHER CHANNELS NOT MUCH OF WALES IS SHOWN TO THE WORLD BY WELSH PEOPLE IT'S ALWAYS OUTSIDERS , GREAT STUFF AS USUAL M&M TAKE CARE FOLKS 👌👌😁😁
Thanks, we may visit the Roman Site of Caerleon near Newport later in the year now everywhere's fully opened up again.
Very good
cheers
@@flydriveexplore i live very near is there anywere local i can legaly metal detect i nether found anything
@@flydriveexplore thanks
@@shaneiptv7644 I don't really know, the only person I knew who was allowed on land not that far away was good friends with the farmer. The farmer didn't allow anyone else on.
@@flydriveexplore i find it so interesting. Is there any were in the areai can try im no expert and wouldnt leave mess. Or maybe try beach by that big house u did video of thanks again
My grandad made those information stands...
When was that as they are still there and legible too?
@@flydriveexplore well the thing is. He wrote them just before he passed away in 2009, so he never saw the finish of them. So on some of them you'll see Barrie Griffiths and that was him
What you got to remember is, the normans couldnt speak original british, y cymru. so often they just cobled together an english sounding word, that made sense to them. for example Henffordd, when it was still part of wales, is now hereford. or old road correctly translated. at the time, most of the anglo saxons and normans were illiterate, whilst wales had been trading with egypt back before the 4 centuary bc, as depicted in hugh edwards excellent biography of brition. Other little rehashings are CWM or valley.. pen y cwm.. head of the valley. valley your head (hair), which became combe (cwm) your hair. many other rehashings on the towns as well, abertyleri became abertillery... cynffig became kenfig. why because the normans and anglo saxons could only spell using phenonics. gruffydd became griffiths etc. so cornelly may have been a norman of the original name... cornelly souds like llanelli, holly ground of ellis, when translated in to english. so weve got the land belong to St Elli so far, so what about the corn... which in welsh becomes horn or trumpet. would then make sense gornelli, which would then retranslate into english as, the trumpet of st elli. taken one step further, a trumpet call is a rallying point. which would fit in, with the old fort, burried under the sand dunes. which was discovered on time team, about 15ish years ago.
another great example of the invading tribes, stealing welsh tech, is the sissneg bwr, english long bow. it was based on the original welsh long bow, which was put to great use,, by welshbowmen, at the battle of agincore in france. such was the excellence of the welshbowmen of sulures, gwent south wales. it took the romans 54 years to establish camp at caerleon, whilst england fell in a matter of weeks, however. iy must be stressed it was not called ingsland at the time. as the german anglo saxon tribes was yet to invade and rebrand mercia under its catchy new title ingsland, meaning fertile setlement. of course the land would be fertile, because the native peace loving celtic farmers had already done all the deforestation and cultivation.
Any history in North Cornelly?
I live there lol 😂
Last part of my research the village is accessible from motor way a 4229 and a 48 there are regular buses to porthcawl bridge and port Talbot nearest railway station is Pyle it’s came into being as an Anglo Norman settment in second half of 12 th century its named after st Cornelius and original Cornelly through document of time indicated almost known as Thomas town after Thomas son of William an Early local lord of manor his descendants adopted name de Cornelly their house is believed to have been located at site of mansion called ty maen on main road through village iam so sorry to be little long the writing and reading is great way to improve our English much better than conversation did you agree stay safe blessed good luck to you your dearest ones
You are definitely doing a lot of research about Wales and the UK. Well done.
Morning Marcus, we visited Margam Park on Saturday....its been a long time since we were there last, can you put me out of my misery and tell me which of your videos shows you inside the castle in the area of the grand staircase, I can’t find it. Cheers and regards to Mel , thought I saw you the other morning on the prom in your kilt? It was very windy **** keep up the good work,
Keith
Me in a kilt on the prom, now that's a disturbing image.I don't think I've done a video of me inside the Margam house as during the last few visits it is still closed. I may have used a still photograph I took a few years ago on a facebook post but I couldn't find it on any film. It would be good to see inside the place again, was it open when you visited?
I must have imagined it, the castle was closed on Saturday but in the evening whilst searching for your film I came across on CZcams a film THE HAUNTING OF MARGAM CASTLE its a low budget horror film ..worth a look too scary for Mel to watch though
Are there any photos of when Clevis Court was built in South Cornelly?
I couldn't find that many photos of the area
Could I ask how long this walk is please?
I think it was about 2 and half to 3 miles. Not exactly sure as I walked nearly 4 miles but that's because I was walking back and forth filming on the route.