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Growing up
As a kid growing up on "The Garth" I have memories of playing cowboys and indians in the woods around King William's Tower, (home made bows and arrows) and still living to tell the tale ;0) Being chased out of "Dai's Wood" on a regular basis. Crad the Garth (now there was a character!) I do remember sneaking over the back wall of The Rockmans's Arms, stealing empty bottles, and going around the front to trade the bottles for a bottle of lemonade or Vimto! I'm sure the landlord knew what was going on LOL. Helping the Blake boys at harvest time. Don't really know if we were a help or a hinderance.
Very few people had a car in those days, so the Garth bus was the main mode of transportation. Going to Cefn pictures was a huge adventure, but waiting on The Crane for the bus back when Monsanto was in full production was torture. Eyes and nose streaming... Read more
Clwyd memories
Trevor
I have many many fond memories of Trevor. I grew up there as a child but was moved away from there at the age of 11. I lived across the road from the community centre, No 45, Julie Roberts used to live next door and my best mate Vincent Blackmoore used to live 3 doors up.
Ah what can I say, so many good times, Trevor woods, the Canal woods and the Dee woods were all our hunting grounds. I remember being up a tree in the Canal woods once and all the cows came over to the fence, cows scared me at the time and it just so happened that the branch I was on was hanging over into the field, I never felt so scared in all my life.
Trevor woods were also a great battlefield for us kids, putting up bottles and cans and the like and pretending we were Clint Eastwood and throwing stones like a quick draw, we used to squint like the sun was... Read more
Trevor - Living There Practically All my Life
Further to Gary's memory I was the Julie that he lived next door to but my surname was Evans. For practically all of my life I have lived in Trevor and still see many of the people that I grew up with. Vincent is still living in Trevor now and is married with 2 boys and a new baby girl. I have happy memories of playing on the centre grounds when it was being built, swinging on the rope swings over the stream down the bank and falling off many times - mainly with Julie Blackmore hanging off my legs! Climbing the oakey tree and getting shouted at by the Davieses that lived opposite; making dens on the old railway line and scrumping apples from the houses that backed onto the line. I could go on for ever. It seems strange with all the attention that Trevor and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct has been getting with the World Heritage Status, as living with it and by it for so many years... Read more
Happy Days
I lived in Fron until I was 16. Lived at what was "Bourne Terrace". Went to Fron School then Llangollen Grammar School. Fond memories of working in my Uncles shop (Ethelstons) and delivering bread and groceries around the village and surrounds. Used to play in the "Rec" down by the canal drawbridge.
Now live, in retirement, near Weston super Mare in North Somerset after a career in the Police Force. Sister, Jennifer lives in Wrexham and brother, Neill lives near Rhyl. Sadly my elder brother, Derek died some years ago.
Haven't been back to "The Fron" for years. Must do so soon.
Birth of Mother
My mother, Phyllis Hughes, was born at 10 Well Street in September 1906.
I wonder what is there now? She was brought to Ontario, Canada as an infant by her parents, Charlotte (Jones) and Edward William Hughes. They were hired as farmers and remained in Canada for the remainder of their lives.
Roman Bridge And Aqueduct, Cefn Mawr
I have an old, undated photograph labeled "Roman Bridge and Aqueduct, Cefn Mawr WH316". In the background the bridge looks like the one in the Francis Frith picture. In the forefront is a lower stone bridge with water flowing under it. Are both structures standing to-day?
Lois Wilson
Ontario, Canada
Ministry of Pensions
My father, Eric Bowen of Ruabon, worked at the Ministry of Pensions office, shown on the left of the postcard, for many years. I used to visit him occasionally.
