Cwmllynfell, General View c.1965
Photo ref:
C342001
Photo ref:
C342001
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A Selection of Memories from Cwmllynfell
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 Cwmllynfell
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Cwmllynfell is the place that I call home. I was born there in 1944 and lived on Gwernant Road with my aunt Marie and mam and dad. At the age of about five we moved down the hill to number 12 Gwilym Road which was next door to my grandparent's fish shop at number ten. My grand parents were John Walters (otherwise known as Jack) and my gran Elizabeth (otherwise known as Peggy.)
My father Gethin was a coal ...see more
I was evacuated to Cwmllynfell and lived in Railway Road with Uncle Tom and Aunt Alice. Uncle Tom was manager of a local Co-op. Next door lived Vincent, a miner, with his parents.
I have happy memories of walks in the hills, collecting winberries and swimming in river pools, little schooling, and the kindness of everyone to a little London evacuee!
Jim
Every year my family would travel to Cwmllynfell for our summer holidays. We went to visit family there (Morgan Morgan of Harries road) I remember the freedom of playing out, making bows and arrows and exploring. We always had to visit all our close relatives apart from Dadcu. There was uncle Dai and Aunty Betty. Uncle Will and Aunty Eir who kept a shop, Aunty Gwenny, who knew how to do bobbin lace, Uncle Harry and ...see more
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