More Memories From My Childhood In Gilfach

A Memory of Gilfach Goch.

I remember when I was little there was a shoe shop called Dimmocks, also near the church I remember a shop called The Dairy where I was allowed 3d worth of sweets if I'd been good, they came in a triangle-shaped paper bag, the last one always stuck to the bottom so you had a little bit of paper in your mouth. Also our house in High Street I think backed on to the mountain and I used to try to catch the lambs because I wanted to cuddle them, they looked so soft. I never caught them as I was only 3 or 4 years old. When I was four we moved to the town of Bournemouth, no one believed me when we returned each summer holiday to Gilfach. The sheep used to wander on the roads. I was a little bit frightened at first having been away in the town but my aunty Elsie who lived in Thomas Street had a sheep she had named Emma who appeared every day at one o'clock to her back door for peelings, my aunty of course had just finished the potatoes for our meal, I used to give them to her. Happy memories.