Nostalgic memories of Bassaleg's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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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
Happy wonderful memories of Bassaleg where i was born . My mother being from pentre poeth my father the nook in rogerstone . Went to bassaleg infants school merlin jones was headmaster scared the wits out of me but mrs lukker wasy fave teacher by far . Going to st basils at harvest festival with our boxes of fruit so proud walking down the aisle to the front . Bassaleg post office where me and mum would call in for sweets ...see more
My mother and father had garth stores in the early 1960 's. I still have good memories of these days, George and Christine Lewis, I am now 56 and living in Bournemouth.
I went to the Graig School during the sixties. It was a great school and a great location. I lived in St.Mellons near Cardiff, but we all went to Bassaleg as St.Mellons was in the old county of Monmouthshire. We were a mixture of kids from all over. We had to stay in for school dinners which were very good as they were cooked freshly on the premises. The headmaster at that time was Glyn Rees who ...see more
I would just like to point out that I attended this school from 1961 to 1965 and it was a grammar school and not a secondary school as stated.
I was living at Michaelstone-y-Fedw and enrolled at Bassaleg Grammar School in 1949 having previously attended Barry County High school for about one term, The Head was a certain Rhys T Harry who used to take us occasionally in class, and he always preached "a rule" about success at cricket, whilst batting, it was, "Right foot, firm...Left foot to the pitch of the ball !, A class mate was a lad named Graham ...see more
I was born in Newport in 1942 and after leaving the Nursing Home lived in 6,Garth Hill Bassaleg the home of my paternal grandparents, Oliver and Alice Briney. After a short time my parents (Nellie and Fred Briney) moved to Highfield Villas, an ex-nursing and convalescent home. We lived in one large room on the top floor overlooking Rogerstone, my father had sectioned the room into four or five separate rooms. T'was ...see more