I Was Born In The Rookery

I TOOWAS BORN IN THE ROOKERUY EBBW VALE MY HOME WAS 3 PARADE TERRACE EBBWVALE MON MY FATHER BENJAMIN JOHN RICHARDS BOUGHT THE HOUSE FROM RICHARD THOMAS AND BALDWYN IN THE LATE 40 S MY MOTHER ALICE MAY WEBBER WAS BORN IN ZION ROWSHE JOINEDTHE WRAWS BEFORE LATER MEETING AND MARRING MY FATHER WE ALL WENT TO SALVATION ARMY IN EBBW VALE . MY FATHER WORKEDAT THE PIT AND THEN AT R T B I MARRIED GRAHAME STANLEY PRICE IN 1972 AND HAD 1 DAUGHTER RACHEL WHO MARRIED ANDREW HOLL AND NOW WE HAVE 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS LOWRI 9 ALYS 6 WHO HAVE MADE OUR LIVES COMPLETE I RAN A PLAYGROUP IN BRYNTEG YOUTH CENTRE EBBW VALE AND LATER WORKED AS TEAM LEADER AT BREWERS FAYRE . VICTORIA. EBBW VALE. GWENT. I RETIRED EARLY AND WAS GLAD SO I COULD SPENT TIME WITH THEM . THEY ARE LOVING FUNNY AND SO CARING WE COOK AND BAKE CAKES. PAINT . I HAVE PASSED ON KNITTING SKILL THAT MY NANNA TAUGHT ME IN THE 50 S AND THIS YEAR THEY BAKED A CHRISTMAS CAKE ALL SKILLSMY NANNAPASSED TOME AND IVE PASSEDDOWN TO THING IM HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE TEACHING THEM NOW A NEW SKILL SALT DOUGH MY ELDEST GRANDDAUGHTERLOWRI ISDOING THISAS A PRESENTATION IN SCHOOL . I THINK THISSITE IS BRILLIANT DELMA PRICE NEE[ RICHARDS]