Trenant And Tramway

A Memory of Hirwaun.

I was born in number 10 Trenant,my dearest best friend was Nancy Evans(Powell) other friends were Maisie Richards, Marjorie Rowe, Diane Williams, Christine(had a sister Enid) Brynmore Hill, Dai Davies and all the other scallywags in Trenant. My granddad Harry Sedgemore was manager of the Billiard Hall in Hirwaun. My Ganny moved to Trewaun when Dad died. I loved the old cinema in Hirwaun the spiral staircase in the adjoining sweet shop. The old co-op near the school(even now in Kent friends have bought me a packet of Marie biscuits and will present them with the words "from the co-op). The Cardiff Arms where my Aunty Ola became a Landlady. The old fish and chip shop, pennyworth of batter drops. Bray's sweetshop(nearly adopted by them). Sweetshop on the Tramway run by two sisters. Next door lived the chapel minister( the hymns he taught us ---- DEEP AND WIDE, YOU'LL NEVER GO TO HEAVEN IN A ROCKING CHAIR.