Mother's Birthplace

My mother was born in 21 Meadow Street, and many times I spent a lot of happy hours there. She was Doreen Susanah Howells, and had a sister Gwyneth, a sister Megan, a brother Evan, a brother Leslie, and a brother who died in the local colliery in an accident. I remember well watching his funeral going past the house. It was very sad. Often we would get on that little train and go to Barry for the day - what an excursion. I found a lovely friend that lived in Highland Terrace whose name escapes me! Grandfather Howells was a safety officer at the mine. There used to be a shop just up the road from the house where I was allowed to buy fizzy pop. I remember it well. I was often taken to the Co-op shop in the main town to buy clothes. How lucky I was, the money was put in the hand-pull machine shooting across to a money office. We as children spent many happy hours up the Clisscome mountain. Sorry about the spelling. I wonder if any of your readers remember any of the Howell families? Evan, Leslie, and Megan had no family. For information I am using my wife's laptop, and I am Brian Brazil, a retired senior police officer.