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A Memory of Ebbw Vale.

My father was born in Alexandra Street in 1921 in the house owned by my great aunt Miss Ida Thomas who was a school mistress, my grandparents lived in Letchworth Road and my father's sister, Kathleen Jones, who was also a school teacher, lived in Hughes Avenue.
I stayed with my grandparents for much of 1958 after my brother was born and well recall the trains going through the main street, often with a man carrying a red flag, and places like the Plaza and the Astoria and Ida's Cafe and the leisure centre being built in the 1960s. I went to Ebbw Vale lots of times through the 1970-90s, the last time I was there was 2001 when the last resident in my family, my father's sister, passed away. It's always been a special place to me.


Added 08 October 2011

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