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Kilkenny Farm

I think it was 1987 could be 1986. My late mate David Tidmarsh and I were invited to his grandparents' farm for a week. I really enjoyed it. Fresh food everyday picked from the farm and cooked. David's dad Steve took us there. We went for walks, had a good laugh and went on days out. We didn't catch a bus anywhere, only to Cirencester. We walked all over the area. Would like to visit there again.
A memory of Treherbert contributed by Derek Oram

Day at Treherbert

My dad came from Treherbert. My grandad, who I never met, worked in the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley. My grandparents also owned a fish and chip shop there. If you are old enough you may even remember it. My grandad apparently used to say when he was dipping fish in batter - "These are the boys for busting boils!" My dad told me that and said he was sure a few people believed him.
I remember, as a small child, my dad took me to see my Nan. I was sat at the table and we had a big roast dinner. I recall my dad saying, "He won't manage all that." My uncle said, "Leave him alone". My peas ...read more here
A memory of Treherbert contributed by Derek Oram

SundayTreat

I remember travelling over to Nantymoel in an Austin 7 from the Western Valley. It was very cramped with my mother and father, younger brother and a friend of the family. This was a regular family outing to see my grandparents, William H Thomas and Mary Jane Thomas who lived in 57 Station Road. It was the very last house in the road. It was always a special Sunday treat for the family.
It was always a thrill to reach the top of the Bwlch and see the valley below. We were always treated to a fine meal and afterwards I would play outside with the neighbours' children. I remember that one of the other children was Lynn Davies who later ...read more here
A memory of Nantymoel contributed by David Thomas

I remember it well

1947 was the year my parents, sister aged 4 and myself aged 10 moved from living in two rooms in a shared house in Pricetown to a rundown three-storeyed rented house in Llewellyn Street, Nantymoel. It had three bedrooms, without electricity on the top floor, two living rooms and a pantry on the middle floor with electricity which was accessed by the front door from street level, and below ground under the pavement a coal cellar and another pantry which opened onto a further unusuable living room with back door onto the garden. Immediately outside the back door was a toilet, a wooden bench 2ft 6ins wide with a hole. It emptied into a sewer but had no flush, you just ...read more here
A memory of Nantymoel contributed by margaret davies