A Wonderful Memory From A Carnival Queen
We moved to Gellilydan so that my dad could work on the power station. We lived in a caravan, Mum, Dad, my 2 brothers, Roy, Daniel and me, Angela Maalma. We had a wonderful time living there, playing in the woods and attending the local primary school. Mr Jones was the head master and was lovely. I remember the outside toilets and when it was very cold they would freeze over, and we would have to take buckets of water to flush. I remember one day one of the girls was playing and swinging the bucket of water when it slipped out of her hand and soaked me, fun times! We learned to speak Welsh, but I've forgotten it now. I was voted Carnival Queen and it was probably the most exciting time of my life. I loved living there. Angela Gibbs (nee Maalma)
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I remember you Angela Maalma, I was one of your attendants in the carnival. We had a wonderful day. I also remember you getting soaked in the toilets, but can't remember who had the bucket. Can you remember us playing cricket every afternoon with Mr Jones? I used to hate that.
Comment from Beti Williams on Monday, 25th January 2010.