Nostalgic memories of Mamhilad's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Chainbridge was more than just a pub years ago when I was in my late teens and for years following. It was a meeting place for the whole community, in a time when everyone knew everyone else and everyone cared for everyone else. Run by Tom & Jean Spickett Jones, it was a thriving pub with darts and pool teams, lots of parties and the traditional New Years Eve fancy dress. Its 'locals' were from an area spanning ...see more
We moved to Glyn Hall about 1942. My father and later, my mother worked at the ROF Glascoed. My sister Glenys has photographs of some of the social activities including a fancy ball. I doubt that there would be any external photos as this was an extremely hush-hush site. It was built to accommodate  managers and key-workers, and was a self contained unit. The canteen provided all our food which seemed to consist of ...see more
I think it was 1944.  I had been evacuated from London's East End in 1939, at the age of 4.  Initially I was fostered, but later on my mother and sister (born in 1939) joined me. We lived for a while in Eastville Road, Six Bells, where I went to school - sadly, the school seems to have closed some time ago, but I have started enquiries at Monmouthshire Education Department. My father was later transferred from ...see more