Growing Up

A Memory of Llanbradach.

I grew up in the "Joinery" where there were lots of characters and moved just down the street when I was 15.My parents still live there. I remember "The Green" where the Boys Brigade hall was at the bottom of the street. Seeing people on the doorsteps and the women out chatting, that type of community has long gone, you knew everyone in the street and locally. The doctors surgery was in Park View and the Welsh chapel opposite it. I too remember queing up for the News Year's Day stamp and money and then we went round the shops wishing them a happy new year and sometimes we got a bag of sweets or a piece of fruit from them, my grandchildren could not believe it when I told them about it. The high street has changed so much since my childhood when we used to hang around by "The Llanbradach Hotel" and meet up with mates. Ah, the good old days when we were young.

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