Maesteg Market

A Memory of Caerau.

I can also remember the market in Maesteg, Saturday mornings, Terry and me used to cycle to the market from 30 George Street in Caerau to fetch faggots and peas. Of course, it was easy going there, all down hill so to speak, coming back was a different matter. All up hill it was, peddle like mad, so the faggots would not get too cold, if they were cold it meant a clip round the ear.
All good fun, sadly not much of the market left now, just the indoor part really. I go home to Caerau whenever I can. Love the place, even if it has changed.
Now, if anybody reads this, and can remember Cymmer Road in the winter in the 1950s. The heavy snows we used to have, can anybody remember the bunch of ragamuffins who used to make a slide on the road, well until somebody fell of course, from about George Street down to Victoria Street, sometimes beyond? Great fun. I was one of the ragamuffins, so please get in touch if you can remember, or were one of the boys. So far, Terry Lavercomb, Colin Cornwell. Please add your memory too.

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