Bersham, Waterfall And Footbridge 1936
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Photo of Bersham, Waterfall And Footbridge 1936

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A Selection of Memories from Bersham

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Bersham

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I was born in Mill Terrace - no 4. I remember the Timberlakes ( known to me as mrs. Timlick) next door and I think I have a photo somewhere of a couple who could be Jean and Roger. Like Erica I played in the waterfall and have lots of memories of the friends we had there. Jackie and Denis Adams lived in the bridge house as well as Erica and Suzanne. Helen and Paul from the White House and Sylvia from the ...see more
http://www.rhostyllen.info I remember Len Hughes very well; he was a friend of my brother Glyn. We lived at 50 Wynnstay Crescent in the cul-de-sac (the square). My younger brother is Owen.I was a friend of Len's younger brother, Alan, who worked at the colliery. The above website has been done done by Vic Davies, grandson of Victor Haynes, a friend of my dad, Thomas William Jones.Various people have supplied Vic with pictures for his website and he is looking for more. Eryl Jones
My friend, Joyce Bennet, and I were able to go inside Bersham Hall with the caretaker at that time it was beautiful inside. The staircase was breath-taking with tiles in the large hall, it had been closed as a home for unmarried mothers (as it was called at that time), now named single parents. The rooms still had the single beds in them, unmade and lots of baby clothes in another room. Later, it opened as a home for boys, not a lot seems to have changed to the outside of the house.
This waterfall held many happy memories for me as a child. I think I can remember every crack and name carved in its stone walls. I seemed to remember a rumour of someone dying in its centre parting, where the water cascaded furiously down to a deep area in the middle of the river. I never discovered the truth about this. I do know that the centre had been concreted over, to make it safer. The hiding places in ...see more