Rhymney Memories In The 1970,S. The Sun Always Shone At Summertime .

A Memory of Rhymney.

Born in plantation street , went to the infants school and then wellington school and bedwellty grammar. Moved to nursery crescent and then to garden city . Loved those days just hanging out with friends , camping ,playing footie , couple of those friends passed away now but always remembered . Hello to anyone I knew and bothered with then hope you are well and living the dream , Rhymney isn’t the town we grew up in too many outsiders moved in by Caerphilly council ,but hey , born a Rhymney boy , die a Rhymney boy ,ha , ha . Dai lynch .

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Garden city was great in the 70's dai lynch footy on the green i still say im from garden city phil jones

By philipjones120560 on Sun Mar 10th 2019, at 3:59 pm

Is that you ‘ Bill, ? 39 garden city . If it is good to hear you’re well . Had some good times on that green , scored some of my best goals , ha , ha .

By davelynch27 on Sun Mar 10th 2019, at 4:45 pm

We all did dai and up the white gate and there only hoppy left in garden city now how are you dai good i hope

By philipjones120560 on Sun Mar 10th 2019, at 5:32 pm

Yea , life is OK , never got to play for Arsenal or Wales but been living in ponrlottyn for last 25 years , Rhymney ain’t the place we grew up in Caerphilly council dumped all their rubbish tenants and outsiders there so it’s hard to recognise anyone up there now . I ain’t seen hoppy for ages but know he’s still big into his footie , seen tibbsy a couple of times tho walking his dog .

By davelynch27 on Sun Mar 10th 2019, at 5:54 pm

Iv been in tredegar 25 years and hoppy season ticket holder down cardiff with trevor and ray iv been down few times with grandson i see tibbs most days good win today for arsenal

By philipjones120560 on Sun Mar 10th 2019, at 6:34 pm

Aye, unexpected but welcome . It’s all a bit up and down with the gunners at the moment . I take my boy down to see the bluebirds still got soft spot for em . Go to every Wales game was out in France for the Euros , best time ever . Glad to know you’re keeping well time has gone so quick don’t seem like yesterday we were all playing on that green in garden city . Some days wish I was back there lol.

By davelynch27 on Sun Mar 10th 2019, at 9:39 pm

I always think i wish i was in garden city now but the green no good for footy now

By philipjones120560 on Mon Mar 11th 2019, at 4:06 pm

Had good day last sunday at wales game dai i had free tickets and passes for the after match only player up there was neil taylor but was ok up in the lounge at the stadium game and result was good to did you watch it

By philipjones120560 on Sun Mar 31st 2019, at 1:55 pm

Hi Phil , nice one butty picked a good game for freebie tickets , me and the boy were over in the canton I bought the block ticket so we will be at all home games , same seats we had for Euro 2016 . Gutted for Cardiff today I reckon they were robbed . Hope you keeping well .

By davelynch27 on Sun Mar 31st 2019, at 9:16 pm

Cardiff were robbed offside goal and chelsea defender should have been sent off im hoping for tickets for liverpool game was over cem today bumped into alan james not seen him in years

By philipjones120560 on Sat Apr 6th 2019, at 3:08 pm

Are you any the same family as Billy and Beryl lynch.

By Howard Cavender on Tue Jun 4th 2019, at 9:05 am

Yea , Howard , that was my mam and dad , both passed away back in 2002 . They lived next door to Nancy in Mountbatten .

By davelynch27 on Sat Jun 8th 2019, at 8:09 am

Hi all. I do know the names but cant remember faces. i lived in Lombard house, plantation street and went to the infants school next door and then to the wellington. I moved to nursery cresent and played out and met others on the seat at the top of garden city each night. after buying chips from tivies. my cousins Nest and Gwyn Howells lived in 20 garden city. anybody remember me.
jane jones that was.

By Jane Camp on Fri Feb 5th 2021, at 6:59 pm

Hi Jane , we lived in 5 nursery crescent around 1968 after moving from plantation street no. 15 . My parents for some strange reason then moved us again to no. 4 garden city around 1971 . I don’t recall your cousins but they must have lived over by “ idris the laundry “ his surname was jones by the way . I too have been trying without luck to find any photos of the infants school and plantation street , also the Wellington school as well .

By davelynch27 on Sun Feb 14th 2021, at 5:39 pm

I lived in Lombard house plantation street from 1946 to about 1955 then in 9 Nursey cresent untill 1967. My mum and dad lived there untill 1988 and then my mum moved to the house she was born in 20 Garden city. lots in common i think.

By Jane Camp on Wed Feb 24th 2021, at 9:42 pm

Back in 1972 we took photos of lower infants school . It was falling down but still recognisable. I will look them out and send you them. That is all i have.

By Jane Camp on Sun Feb 28th 2021, at 8:43 pm

That would be great Jane thanks , isn’t it strange that our parents seemed to mirror the house moving , albeit at different times , plantation to nursery crescent and onto garden city . I have no doubt our parents would have known each other . I wish I had some photos of the Wellington school as well I remember being told it was the fourth oldest school in Wales at the time I was there , that’s the main reason it was knocked down and replaced with a new school only a couple of years later .

By davelynch27 on Mon Mar 1st 2021, at 10:57 am

not sure how to send you the photos of school class the wellington and the infants school
do you have an email.. you might recognise some of the people there. jane

By Jane Camp on Mon Mar 15th 2021, at 7:06 pm

Hi Jane ,
My email address is staring you in the face , ha, ha. It’s ,Davelynch27@aol.com I’m looking forward to seeing the pictures , my brother also went to the same schools and is older than me so maybe he is on them . If I get anything of interest in relation to the streets we lived in you I will let you know . Thanks again . 😃

By davelynch27 on Mon Mar 15th 2021, at 7:38 pm

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