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Clwyd memories
Swimming
I used to live in Marchwiel some three miles away. We used to cycle to Bangor on hot days in the school holidays to swim in the river. I had a very beautiful girlfriend by the name of Barbara Jones, she lived right by the milk factory about half a mile from the bangor bridge. I lost contact when I moved to Cardiff. (Great Memories)
ERBISTOCK
I WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP TO THE AGE OF 12 IN ERBISTOCK AND I LOVED IT. THE BOAT INN WAS RUN BY THE WILLIAMS'S. I PLAYED WITH CAROL AND TIMOTHY IN ALL THE OUTBUILDINGS. I WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL IN THE CHURCH AND THERE WAS A LADY CALLED MRS ASPREY THAT LIVED IN A LITTLE COTTAGE BY THE RIVER NEXT TO THE CROSS FOXES. SHE KEPT PEKINESE DOGS WHICH YOU COULD HEAR FROM THE ROAD BUT NEVER SEE. I CAN REMEMBER ONE HOT DAY SEEING MY BEST SANDALS FLOAT DOWN THE RIVER FROM WHERE WE WERE PLAYING BY THE OLD MILL. OUR SCHOOL HAD TWO CLASSES, MRS PARRY AND MISS BOWEN. ON LOVELY DAYS THE WHOLE SCHOOL WOULD BE TAKEN FOR A NATURE WALK, THE WOODS WOULD BE FULL OF DAFFODILS AND THE SMELL OF WILD GARLIC - PURE HEAVEN! ALL THE LANES AND HEDGEROWS WOULD BE FULL OF WILD FLOWERS, THERE USED TO BE BEDS OF WATERCRESS DOWN BY THE RIVER CLOSE TO THE BOAT INN WHICH WE... Read more
My Childhood
I lived in Erbistock till the age of 20, that was in 1981 when I emigrated to Australia. My mum still lives there, my dad passed away a couple of years ago, he was born in Erbistock and lived down Groves Lane for nearly 70 years. I remember the peace and quiet, the harvest times driving the tractor and helping milk the cows. My grandmother lived in the council houses, where my uncle still resides.
I use to attend Erbistock primary school until it closed. I remember the two classrooms and the outside toilets. I remember always looking forward to the yearly fairs and helping my nan to find the best rose in her garden to display and hopefully win a prize.
I use to love walking through the woods down by the boat in through to tinkers brook, and when I was 15 I got a job at the Boat Inn washing glasses behind the bar.
I remember the riding school where Mr and Mrs Broad use to live,... Read more
Opposite The Majestic Cinema
I remember this beautiful church standing opposite the Majestic cinema with the church hall to the right & St Marks steeple behind. Tragically torn down to make way for an ugly row of concrete shops! Typical Wrexham!
Cemetery
This is actually the chapel in the Ruabon Road cemetery used until about 1995 for burial services.
BAKERY Department.
I attended the Bakery Department Denbighshire Tech. from 1960 to 1962. Mr Nash and Mr Hawkins were the tutors. I went to the Tech rather than getting a job in a bakery because my Youth Employment officer said I was too small for bakery work and needed to gain weight and strength! I won the Burton cup and the Renshaw cup during my time there. I can remember all my classmates but not all their names! Tom Dooley gave me a ride back to Ellesmere Port with my big silver cup on his scooter! Wild ride! I remember a girl with tight curly hair called Angie, also Gwyneth, Brenda, Mike, John Ptitchard, and Donald Mac Master from Rhyl where I worked 2 holiday jobs and lived at his house (his dad was the local vet), he had a sister called Margaret. I remember vividly the big red dragons on the tiles up the staircase at Tech. The Queen visited Wrexham one year and we made the cakes for the... Read more
Happy Birthday
My grandmother's sister, Eveline Mabel Massey was born at The Hand Inn, Town Hill, Wrexham on 20th May 1901 to Thomas and Emirrah Massey. Thomas was the hotel manager according to her birth certificate.
Just realised that's 111 years ago today!
My grandmother was born 2 years later at The Woolpack Inn, Llangollen where Thomas was the innkeeper.
