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Growing up in Caerbryn

I was born in Caerbryn in 1949 and I lived at 4 Caerbryn Terrace along at that time with my granny and grandad, mum and dad and my sister Gill who is thirteen months older than me. The terrace was then just the twenty houses and we knew all of our neighbours. In 1951 the twins Malcom and Judith were born, 1957 Caroline was born and in 1958 Ricahrd was born. I have happy memories of growing up there as we were free to play outside as we grew up. We used to climb up the Old Colliery tip, go down the Felin in the summer time and run about in the fields. But today all those features are gone as ...read more here
A memory of Caerbryn contributed by First Name Last Name

My Great Granddad and Grandmother

Hello to all.
I am looking into my family history.
I know my grandfather, William John Palmer, was born at Garnant on 27 October 1904, his parents are listed as Hannah Palmer, formerly Thomas, and James Palmer, Engine Driver in Colliery. They resided at Garnand Hill, Garnant.
Could anyone give me any other information about them?
If anyone there is related to me or knows my family line I would love to hear from you. Or photos of the time.
I was adopted when my mother died so this is a long road for me to travel.
Many thanks.
Ann
A memory of Garnant contributed by Ann Shaw

london evacuation

my mother who is now 76 years of age,was talking with my son who is doing a world war 2 project at school.Only last night she was telling him,that in 1939 october,she aged 8 and a half and her then baby brother aged just 10 months along with their mother were evecuated to stradey castle from vauxhall,sw london.
They stayed for 10 weeks,and my mother said how the statues in the long hall scared the life out of them and also the nearby woods was something she had never seen before.My mothers maiden name was joan trim and her brother roy and late mother florence.The owners were by the name of lewis a laird i believe,by all accounts very nice people.I ...read more here
A memory of Llanelli contributed by First name Last name

A view from the band stand

I was born in 1965, the year the photo was taken and at the time my dad was a gardener at Parc Howard. I remember going to visit him almost every day, in the summer months, with either my grandmother or mother. This was a very familiar view taken from the band stand.

After what felt like hours of playing I would be taken to the cafe and bought sweets from a large select behind a glass cabinet.

Often we would go up the hill (to the left in the photo) to watch the old men play bowls and as I grew older I would play on the putting green.
A memory of Llanelli contributed by David Charles