Growing up in Caerbryn
I was born in Caerbryn in 1949 and I lived at 4 Caerbryn Terrace along at that time with my granny and grandad, mum and dad and my sister Gill who is thirteen months older than me. The terrace was then just the twenty houses and we knew all of our neighbours. In 1951 the twins Malcom and Judith were born, 1957 Caroline was born and in 1958 Ricahrd was born. I have happy memories of growing up there as we were free to play outside as we grew up. We used to climb up the Old Colliery tip, go down the Felin in the summer time and run about in the fields. But today all those features are gone as when the Open Cast Miming company came to caerbryn in the 1970s ormaybe later the Tip disappeared, the felin disappeared and the field became a football pitch. Happy memories though
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My mother's family lived in Caerbryn opposite the dairy on the main road. My Grandfather Tim Evans was a miner in Penygroes. My aunt, Llilian Jones lived at 1 Caerbryn Terrace and had a shop in the front room. My Uncle, Bryn Evans, had a mobile grocery business in an old Bedford bus. I would go with him around the farms and villages. Despite only having one leg he could get that bus anywhere. The tip was always an attraction, especially sliding down on an old bit of galvanised tin. Much time was spent on the swings and playing cards in the changing hut. My mother, Bronwen, moved back to Blaenau with my father Harold Owen after having lived in the Midlands and Bristol for a number of years. The visit of the soft drinks lorry was always an occasion, Dandelion and Burdoch being my favourite. I still have an Aunt and Cousins living in the area and a cousin in Pentregwenlais and an Uncle and Cousin near Ammanford. Alun Owen
Comment from Alun Owen on Sunday, 2nd January 2011.