Coedpoeth, High Street c.1965
Photo ref: C369018
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Photo ref: C369018
Photo of Coedpoeth, High Street c.1965

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A Selection of Memories from Coedpoeth

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Coedpoeth

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I am adding to my brother's memory written today about our evacuation to North Wales in 1944. A fuller description has been written by myself on BBC North East Wales web site. In fact it is not yet complete. I, too, have always had a place in my heart for Mrs Emma Jones of 6 Roberts Terrace, Coedpoeth. She became our Foster Mother in May 1944 and ...see more
My older brother and two other boys were taken in by Mrs Jones in Roberts Terrace. I was seven and had my 8th birthday there. She was a wonderful lady and looked after the four of use. I remember going to find logs and Mrs Jones would saw them up then chop into sticks, we would sell the firewood by the bucket load. The money paid for us to go to the cinema on friday nights. Also remember going up the ...see more
As a small child one of the most exciting events was riding on the rear bumper of Lawrence the Milk's Land Rover in the High Street. We had an air raid shelter in the garden which was dark and musty. Do the twins remember this? We lived in Burton's Terrace until 1954. It had just two rooms and a back kitchen. Dad put in electricity when I was about three years old and it was like magic. He also installed ...see more