Moving to Nelson

I moved to Nelson in 1962 aged 3 with my mother, father and brother from Rhydfelin, near Pontypridd. We lived in Tawelfan until 1970 when we moved to the dreaded England because my dad got a job in London.

I remember nostalgically what the earlier contibutor Denise wrote about, including her mention of the three teachers at Llanfabon School, Mrs Carlick, Miss Edwards and Miss Evans, three of the best teachers I ever knew. My mum worked in the Junior School until we left. I recall the headmaster, Mr Brown, was a larger than life jovial man, but he was not somebody to cross!

I've only been back to the village a couple of times since, and it never appeared to change that much, but perhaps it's different now.