Wartime British Restaurant (now Illtud’s 216)

Wartime British Restaurant (now Illtud’s 216)

by | Mar 14, 2026 | buildings

Wartime British Restaurant in Llantwit Major. In 1940 to combat the severity of rationing, the Government set up what was known as British Restaurants. They were essentially canteens with basic nutritional meals at reasonable prices, and most importantly they were off...
HOPKIN

HOPKIN

by | Mar 14, 2026 | people

Daniel Hopkin came from a humble family in Llantwit Major where his father had been a farm labourer but died in 1893 when Daniel was seven. Daniel was encouraged in the elementary school and later went to Carmarthen College, then to Cambridge to read law. He became a...
Angel Inn

Angel Inn

by | Dec 13, 2024 | buildings

On Wine Street at the far end was a pub called the Angel Inn. The image shows the Angel Inn in c1886 when David Jenkins and his wife Bertha Jenkins ran it. It’s possible that the photo shows David Jenkins and his wife. Almost 100 years later the Angel Inn was being...
The Strand Cinema

The Strand Cinema

by | Dec 13, 2024 | buildings

Llantwit Major The Cinema Years. Llantwit Major had a cinema from 1939 until 1970. Building started in 1938, as seen in the photograph taken from the top is Stallcourt Avenue. It’s position can be located , in the insert, by being just one shop away from the Lloyds...