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                           TWO EXCITING EVENTS COMING THIS JULY!!

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Click - March of the Women! 

WARTIME BRIDGEND
Saturday 16th June 2018
​We were there!!

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Register now. 
to join us on the  
 21st July
at the
Porthcawl Buckaneer Carnival.


The cannon has left the water tank!

There's still a lot more to do before it is preserved completely, but it has now on view. First time since its initial immersion into water in January 2014. click here for more.
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Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society
The Old Police Station
John Street, Porthcawl
​CF36 3DT
Tel: 01656 788853 / 773861
Email: [email protected]