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Avondale Street
Year 1955, who can name all the family occupants from number 1 to 102 Avondale Street?
at # 1 Rosser
2 Dyer
3 Courtney
4 Davies
5 Thomas
6 Fields
7 Smith
8 Owen
9 Evans
10 Jones
11 Caple
12 Bowen
13 Parfit
14 Thorn
15 Watts
16 Smith
17 Cartwright
18 Jones
19 Parry
20 Owen
21 Fields
22 Davies
23 Parfit
24 Davies
25 Price
26 Teagues
27 Dunkerton
28 Griffiths
29 Owen
Hicks
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Shops
How many shops were there in Avondale Street? Two, three or four? Now name them ...
Four shops
Evan Davies at 31 Avondale
Mrs Roberts 28 Avondale
Mrs Brake at 46 Avondale
Sloggers at around 80 to 90
What Was There Before The AB Metals Factory?
Do you remember what was previously on the site of the present-day AB Connectors factory?
The Boeth School
Let's dig up the memories related to the Boeth School. My first input is about Mr Richards, who beat the hell out of me almost weekly. Can anyone beat that?I know we can have a good laugh at this, so let me know.
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Land Occupation Prior to The Construction of AB Metal Products Ltd
I was born at 86 Avondale Street, Ynysboeth, in 1936, and my memories of growing up in this close knit community are very vivid indeed. The land prior to the construction of AB metal products and the carpet factory was meadow pasture farmland used for grazing cattle owned by Mr. Davis whose farmhouse was situated in AvondaleStreet, Ynysboeth, the entrance of which was down the lane opposite the shop owned by Miss Francis Brake at that time.
I believe the building construction of AB Metals began in 1946-47 just after World War 2 when I was about 10 years old. I remember together with other boys from the village playing games on the footings of the foundations, before the erection and completion of the factory estate.
Back at the farm the cows were milked daily in the farmyard, and fresh milk was distributed on a daily basis throughout Ynysboeth and other nearby locations by horse and cart, and served by Berwyn, Mr. Davis's eldest son. In later years... Read more
Boxing
When I was a young lad my father Gwilym Jones and Joe Collins of Avondale Street (Joe was during the war the army lightweight boxing champion of India) opened up a boxing club in the Ynysboeth Hotel. We had a full size boxing ring on the top floor of the Hotel. Many of us lads from the village became club members, and as we progressed with our boxing skills we travelled and fought at many boxing clubs, Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, Bristol to name just a few. Some of the club members were Eddie Summerill (lived on Main Road), Graham Poole (Nant-Y-Fedw), Maldwyn Dower (Avondale Street) and many others.
Family Household Occupants 1946
In 1946 The occupiers of Avondale Street from 68 to 102 numbers were as follows
68 Avondale Street,adjacent to Battenberg Street were Mr. and Mrs Mason who had three children namely,daughter June the eldest,sons Gordon,and Mansel.
No.70....Mr. and Mrs.Evans.Kenneth and Gerald
No.72....Mr.and Mrs.Cartwright..James,Peter,Windsor
No.74....Mr and Mrs.Thorn
No.76....Mr.and Mrs.Dower (very large family) Youngest Maldwyn.
No.78....Mr and Mrs.Owen Daughter Mattie
No.80....Mr and Mrs.Fred Huntley son John,daughter Marilyn
No.82....Mr and Mrs. Mc'Carthy son Markie
No.84....Mr.and Mrs.Cartwright one daughter named Maureen
No.86....Mr.and Mrs.Gwilym Jones (my parents) sons Gwyn,Royden,and Alan
No.88....Mr.and Mrs Janes daughters Audrey, Violet,son Bertram,and others
No.90....Mrs.Sarah Ware( my grandmother )daughter Hervilly
No.92....Mrs.Peters and son George
No.94....Mr and Mrs Thomas, daughters,Jean,Yvonne,and Iris
No.96....Mr.and Mrs.Jones sons Tom,Harry,Bertie,daughters Joan,Audrey
No97....Mr.and Mrs Brittain ( large family)some daughters Phillis,Olga,some of the sons are Donald,Raymond,Gordon,Leonard.
No.98.Mrs.Collins,and daughter Kate
No.99.Mr.and Mrs.Joe Collins,daughter Josie,sons Pat and Vivian
No.100.Mr.and Mrs Powell one daughter
No.101 Unknown
No.102.Mr.and Mrs... Read more
