Section 1 - Kim Kimber

Local historian V F "Kim" Kimber (1921 - 2015) edited two volumes on Penallt history, "Penallt - A Village Miscellany" first published in 1989 and "Penallt Revisited", published in 2009.

The Trellech and Penallt PCC has kindly agreed that materials from these volumes may be published online and this work has now been completed. Every chapter has been digitised and, where possible, new images have been added.

Content from the two books has been augmented by additional chapters originating from separate sources. Where known, the source is given at the bottom of the chapter.

Acknowledgements: Kim Kimber for the two volumes. Many others have helped with this as well, including Lyn Harper, Trish Hayward, David and Anne May.

Illustrations: all line drawings and watercolours (unless otherwise mentioned) are by Kim Kimber. Many photographs are of unknown origin but credit has been given where the source is known.

Rather than presenting chapters by volume and in their original sequence, it seemed sensible to group them together by broad topic area instead. These 13 sections provide access to 127 pages. Click any of the images below to visit the selected chapter:-

 Section 2 - Galleries

V F (Kim) Kimber lived in Penallt for some three decades or so and, amongst many other contributions to village life, has been notable for his impressive output of drawings and water colours of village life. Many of his pieces have recently been digitised and are available for view in this Gallery section.

There is also a section of Historic Photographs that have been collected by Kathleen Price (née Wakeling). Kathleen was evacuated to Penallt during the Second World War and has lived in the village for much of the time since.

The images have been categorised into various sections as listed below. Click the image to access full detail:-

 Section 3 - Wartime Penallt

June 1940 saw the arrival in Penallt of evacuees escaping the dangers of Birmingham and London. One of these, Kathleen (Kath) Price, now owns the house where she was billeted. Her memories of wartime Penallt are still very vivid and in 2014 she was persuaded to record them as the first chapter ("Early Years") of her autobiography.

Her story provides a fascinating insight into what life as an evacuee was like and into the houses, farms and people of Penallt 70 years ago.

She has kindly agreed to allow the village website to publish these memories and the 8 short chapters involved are linked from below (click the image):-