Childhood In Glanwydden North Wales

A Memory of Glanwydden.

Is there anybody out there who lived at or visited the village of Glanwydden, or was a pupil of the local county council school during the period 1937 to 1945?,
I attended the local school between 1937 and 1945 where I was educated by the likes of Miss Pierce, a lovely pleasant young lady who loved to play golf if my memory serves me right, then there was Mr Williams, known as 'Bulldog', a nickname that could not have been more appropriate, he was a domineering man who certainly instilled discipline in us kids and also gave us some good education; then there was the headmaster Mr Griffiths, quite a decent chap doing a hard days' work, and not averse to using the dreaded cane when necessary. These were the primary teachers as I remember.
As this was the only school that I attended and which I left when I was just 14 years old, I should be grateful to that small group of teachers who tried to give me some education, as basic as this was, I am grateful for what I was taught.
That period was famously known as the war years, a time of austerity and hardship. Living in a quiet, peaceful village like Glanwydden gave us children a sort of comforting feeling, unaware of all the troubles and dangers the larger towns were enduring. The winter nights especially were dark and colourless but we found plenty to keep us occupied and happy without getting into any troubles or scrapes
during that period. There were no cars about, all games etc were played on the roads.
Glanwydden was a community of approximately twenty-five dwellings and everyone within the village was your next door neighbour, friend and helper. There was a chapel, cemetery, general store, public house, blacksmith and Bobby Hughes's fruit and vegetable business, all this bounded by farms and smallholdings on which men and women worked long hard hours tilling the land, and growing and producing the necessities of survival. The rationing of the wartime years made many a meal meagre, but most of us children did not realise the gravity of the situation caused by war, despite all this we lived a cheerful, happy and fulfilling childhood which helped us to appreciate life in later years.
This is only a very short account of my life in Glanwydden, and I would dearly like to hear from anybody who was there during my time.

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