Bassaleg, Tredegar Arms c.1955
Photo ref:
B670011
Photo ref:
B670011
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A Selection of Memories from Bassaleg
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 Bassaleg
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From Machen junior mixed to Bassaleg in 1959 ( I think) this reminds me of being 'initiated' by being chucked down the bank. fond memories of my stay there but not of the then headmaster-Penry-Reese- He was hopeless. Other teachers made a huge impression on my life to come, like Miss Mainwaring (or Mannering) in English and 'Carrots' who was lovely and had red hair. POD( Percy Olwyn Davies) teaching french was not ...see more
Can any one remember who headmaster was in 1960.
I attended from 1961 onwards.
My name is Andrew Jones was at Bassaleg from 1961-1967. A vivid memory was running the forge lane dash which was supposed to be exactly 1 mile. Some of the slower guys used to hitch a lift back and were dropoped off from the back of a lorry! I have the memory of Mr Richards the woodwork teacher, as i took up a split sscissors rack with the words ...see more
I was born in Rogerstone, a street away from the Nook on Tregwilym Road and was a chorister in Bassaleg choir for 10 years. I remember Canon Picton (a very tall man) vividly, The Rev (later Canon) L.C.Barttle-Jenkins and both his children Paul and Chris. I managed to meet up with them both over the years. I went to the Graig Secondary school when it first opened in 1958. I became head boy of the school in ...see more
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