Victoria Street c1955, Cwmbran
Victoria Street c1955, Cwmbran Ref: C547014
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Growing up in Croesy
I grew up in Croesyceiliog at Raglan Court next to the playing fields and I went to Abyschan Grammer School. There was no bypass road then, and the railway was still was bringing coal from the valleys down to the docks in Newport. I used to lie in bed as a child and hear the train shunting past. In summer was the sun was still high and, though it was bed time, it was too light to sleep. I used to lay in my bed and listen to the sounds of people still up and playing in the fields outside.
I remember the woods in spring and the bluebells. My grandmother used to love the bluebells and my siblings and I would pick them for her. Mountains of them, of course.
My usual childhood troubles were often met by an escape to the woods, and I still can see the sunlight shining through the trees, filtering through the wooded paths I used to know so well.
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Station Road
Hi, I used to lived in Tynewydd Road as a small child. My name is Hook. I then moved to number 28 Station Road, I lived next door to Mr and Mrs Gazzi who ran the coffee bar in Pontnewydd. My father's name was Brinley Charles Hook(deceased) and my mother's name is Alice. My grandparents were Betty and William Charles Hook, my grandfather was known as Charlie (both deceased).
My brother's name is Nigel, he still lives in London and has his own business as a theatrical designer, my sister's name was Sharon (she sadly died in 2007) and my baby sister is Tracy who lives next door but one to me in Southville area.
I can remember the station in Pontnewydd, and playing in the fields at the back of Station Road/ Tynewydd Road as a child, I think there is a complex on the area now.
