Bassaleg Girl

A Memory of Bassaleg.

Happy wonderful memories of Bassaleg where i was born . My mother being from pentre poeth my father the nook in rogerstone . Went to bassaleg infants school merlin jones was headmaster scared the wits out of me but mrs lukker wasy fave teacher by far . Going to st basils at harvest festival with our boxes of fruit so proud walking down the aisle to the front . Bassaleg post office where me and mum would call in for sweets . Mr Hayward ran it then with his wife . The shops were left to right brian james and his dad butchers . Mrs lawton . Grocery shop and wool shop where if u made a purchase theyd wrap it in paper pulled from a large roll on a stand . Played in park in fortview with bartons who delivered the newspapers on the end . We lived at top of church cres . Alfred and esther podmore are my parents with 3 older brothers paul . David and wayne
Im proud to be a bassaleg girl . It still takes my breath away when i go through there even now after many years . Its changed but menories live with us all and good ones at that . Hayley jones nee podmore .