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Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon.  We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the village, ...Read more

A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by Don Thurlow

Hello Diane, How are you?I was born and brought up in Machen, 1 Brynhyfryd Terrace. Moved to Trethomas after marriage, lived in Lower Glyn Gwyn (1954) .The Glue Pot you talk about was the Lewis's Hotel (pub), do you ...Read more

A memory of Machen by Vernon Byron Evans

My granddad, Charlie Davies, owned the post office and it was where my dad, Arfon Davies, was born. When my grandad died it was taken over by my Auntie Nellie, my dad's sister. My brothers, Gwyn, Iwan and Geraint came to the ...Read more

A memory of Cwm Penmachno in 1950 by Gareth Davies

I too, went to the Nursery School on Broad Street. I remember Miss Massey who slammed the desk down on my fingers squashing my signet ring, which resulted in my finger swelling and the ring having to be cut off! Such a nice lady to ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1956 by Lynn Bryan

Hi, My family used to holiday in a caravan on Ty-gynn (sorry unsure of the spelling) camp site, we holidayed there from the late 1960's to about 1974. The caravan belonged to the mother of a work mate of my late father, the ...Read more

A memory of Towyn in 1968 by Rosemary Sleigh

My grandmother and grandfather lived at "Oaklands", in Maesgwyn Road, opposite a corrugated iron church. The road was unmade and beyond the church to the sea was a large meadow where cattle and sheep grazed. On the ...Read more

A memory of Penrhyn in 1930

My dad was from yr Aber. We lived in Pandy Square until my dad died in Feb 1952, he was the fireman on the little train from Towyn to Abergynolwyn, he was also, I believe, a local football referee. He was an ex soldier in the ...Read more

A memory of Abergynolwyn in 1950 by Michael Jones

I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has evoked ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

It always felt great to be in the town of Kerry. It was the halfway stop to our holiday in a Towyn caravan with no toilet. Dad always used to make a joke of visiting the Toilidoos. He could not pronounce the Welsh version. The old ...Read more

A memory of Kerry in 1977 by Kerry Kendrick

In 1946 The occupiers of Avondale Street from 68 to 102 numbers were as follows 68 Avondale Street,adjacent to Battenberg Street were Mr. and Mrs Mason who had three children namely,daughter June the eldest,sons ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1946 by Royden Jones