Nostalgic memories of Oakdale's local history

Share your own memories of Oakdale and read what others have said

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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I was born in Argoed Blackwood in a condemned house by candlelight in 1950 We moved to 26 Underwood road Oakdale when I was still quite young. I can still remember so much from all those years ago. The Bic. Browns, Parry, Yem Woods and other families We would play on the green and climb the oak trees. Collect old bread and take to the farm at the bottom of the road and get one penny. Steal pears from the ...see more
Gian, Have you a brother Gary and a sister Naomi, if so I remember you and your family well, you father was a tall [ well he seemed tall to me ] and wore a turban and worked under ground in Oakdale colliery along side my father Vic Jex. you also had a large white german shepard dog, you may remember my sister Sandra
23 Markham Crescent was the address of Albert Parsons my Grandfather whom we lived with for several years. I believe that at the time this picture was taken was the year that my Grandmother Alice Parsons died, she would have been 63 years old. I remember swinging from the cast iron lamp posts. Next door the Trimborough family (Spelling may not be correct) The Matthews Family lived at ...see more
This was the year I was born, as everyone was in those days, in Tredegar. I came home with my mum and dad to our house in Commercial Buildings. Both my mum and dad were from the village where my paternal grandfather had once owned the greengrocers next to the post office and my maternal grandmother lived in Ashvale. I also had relatives in West View and Rhiwderin Syr Dafydd, where my grandfather and great aunts ...see more