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A View From The Band Stand

Parc Howard c1965
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I was born in 1965, the year the photo was taken and at the time my dad was a gardener at Parc Howard. I remember going to visit him almost every day, in the summer months, with either my grandmother or mother. This was a very familiar view taken from the band stand.

After what felt like hours of playing I would be taken to the cafe and bought sweets from a large select behind a glass cabinet.

Often we would go up the hill (to the left in the photo) to watch the old men play bowls and as I grew older I would play on the putting green.

Written by David Charles. To send David Charles a private message, click here.

A memory of Llanelli in Dyfed shared on Sunday, 19th November 2006.

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RE: RE: A View From The Band Stand

I remember your father working in the potting sheds in Glasfryn nurseries with my uncle who was head gardener, Lles Hotten. Also the cafe which always smelled of damp but always had a home-made lolly, from Margaret George, Llanelli.

Comment from DAVID GEORGE on Thursday, 8th May 2008.

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