Book no 34, Old Town Centre: shops and arcade; water works; civic ceremonies; unidentified reservoir; derelict houses; waste land and buildings on the site of current Civic Centre; sports; highways; construction work; Aberavon beach; schools; childrens plays. 1960s

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Port Talbot District Council RecordsDC/PT

Records Relating To the Council and To Civic EventsDC PT/1/hub

Council And Committee MinutesDC PT/1/1/hub

Official PublicationsDC PT/1/2/hub

Photograph Albums And Negatives From The Borough Photographers Office (Showing Mostly Civic Ceremonies, Events And Environmental Hazards), 1960s-1990sDC PT/1/3/hub

Book no. 4: Events held at Afan Lido Leisure Centre (?); firefighters battling a blaze (at Afan Lido?), and its aftermath; derelict houses; Aberavon beach; models of plans for centre of town redevelopment; chimney stack and remains of building foundations on waste land. ca 1966DC/PT/38

Book no. 14: Cwmavon; sports; schools; Margam Castle, chapel and Orangery; Aberavon beach; flood damage(?) in the Afan Valley; docks; a naval visit; St Marys Church; sheltered housing(?); Neath Hospital. 1960sDC/PT/39

Book no 17: sketches of Port Talbot from above; schools; derelict houses; sports; Dick Whittington amateur dramatic production; construction work, including views of facades of derelict buildings; wedding fashion show. 1970sDC/PT/40

Book no 22: sports; highways; civic ceremonies; Afan Lido Leisure Centre; Womens Royal Voluntary Service events; amateur dramatics rehearsals; construction; traffic accidents; housing; subsidence; Aberavon beach; water works; St Davids Day celebrations; the Winsdale H. Hull ship moored onto the beach. 1970sDC/PT/41

Book no 29, Old Town Centre: steel works; Afan Lido Leisure Centre; highways; civic ceremonies; town centre streets; flyover and nearby chapel; Aberavon market; school trips; buildings. 1960sDC/PT/42

Book no 34, Old Town Centre: shops and arcade; water works; civic ceremonies; unidentified reservoir; derelict houses; waste land and buildings on the site of current Civic Centre; sports; highways; construction work; Aberavon beach; schools; childrens plays. 1960sDC/PT/43

Book no 39: civic ceremonies; a helicopter; construction; sport; choir performances; Christmas parade; highways; waste land with building debris; Aberavon and Port Talbot Cage(sic) Bird Society; housing; hillside subsidence. 1960sDC/PT/44

Book no 40: remains of demolished buildings; water works and electrical systems near steelworks; army/RAF cadets; construction; school sports; derelict streets; river Afan; waste land with chimney stack, and demolition of the stack; disused garages; celebrations at Port Talbot Plant Ltd; cycling competitions. 1960sDC/PT/45

Book no 48, Civic Centre/Pedest. Gen. Views [sic]: disused garages; daffodils; civic ceremonies; housing; water works; schools; waste land; viaduct over the river Afan(?); new Civic Centre building; Aberavon Shopping Centre; construction; unidentified chapel. 1980s-1990sDC/PT/46

Book no 49: construction; water works; vehicle tracks; civic ceremonies; residential streets; Borough of Aberavon plaque listing mayor, aldermen, and councillors, 1907-8; photographs of a group of Wrens ca 1942, and areas of Port Talbot(?) including Wildbrook Estate, ca 1900; housing; St Marys Church; crematorium(?); bust of an unknown man; abandoned cars; shrubland. Aug 1987-Oct 1987DC/PT/47

Book no 54: construction, including the bus station; interior of Baglan Church(?); fashion shows; civic ceremonies; sport; buildings; cars; Animal Impounding Unit vehicles; waste land; Afan Valley; houses; Carmel Church; highways; steelworks. Oct 1976DC/PT/48

Book no 55: civic ceremonies; schools; sport; Afan Lido Leisure Centre; fashion shows; highways; waste land; steel works; water works; amateur dramatics; cars; construction; housing; residential streets; Afan River; damaged sewerage pipes on Aberavon beach. Dec 1976DC/PT/49

Book no 80: cars; civic ceremonies; chapels; vehicle tracks; subsidence; housing; construction; Afan river; water works; schools; highways; debris on roads and in woodland; Afan Lido Leisure Centre sports teams. 1981DC/PT/50

Book no 82: Snooker player Steve Davies at a local snooker hall; church services; Christ Church; construction, including of a swimming pool at Afan Lido Leisure Centre(?); water works; housing; civic ceremonies; running competitions; vehicle tracks; residential streets; Aberavon beach; Afan River; subsidence; schools; Port Talbot General Hospital. Oct-Nov 1981DC/PT/51

Book no 88: construction; highways; subsidence; woodland; sport; civic ceremonies; water works; Afan river; street parties; Duffryn Rhondda Land Reclamation Scheme; Welsh Development Agency sites; steelworks; abandoned cars; Aberafon Shopping Centre; Aberavon beach; flyover and views over Port Talbot; docks and ships. Aug 1982DC/PT/52

Book no 93: construction; subsidence; civic ceremonies; sport; highways and paths; Gwynfi Social Club events; derelict houses; disused sewerage pipes; Forestry Commission event; River Afan. April 1983-July 1983DC/PT/53

Book no 95: Afan Lido Leisure Centre; construction; water and sewerage pipes; civic ceremonies; subsidence; fire damage in Aberavon Social Centre(?); highways and paths; abandoned vehicles; housing; Aberavon beach; unidentified church and burial ground. Sep 1983-Oct 1983DC/PT/54

Council DiaryDC PT/1/4/hub

Videos of Civic Ceremonies of Port Talbot Borough Council, 1983-1996DC PT/1/5/hub

Printed Reports On Service Plans And Local Government ReorganisationDC PT/1/6/hub

Charter creating Afan Borough CouncilDC PT/1/7/hub

Visitors books from the Mayors Parlour, 1950-1995DC PT/1/8/hub

Photographs, slides and contact sheets from the Borough Photographer's office, 1960s-1980sDC PT/1/9/hub

Electoral Registration DepartmentDC PT/2/hub

Treasurers DepartmentDC PT/3/hub

Port Talbot Borough Council Building Control SectionDC PT/4/hub