Mountain Ash, War Memorial 1938

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We moved to Mount 1962, I started school at Darran Las Infant School. Then moved on to the Comprehensive. How big it looked and the kids where so grown up. The grounds where just beautiful and the old house was incredible. The rooms where so filled with atmosphere. My imagination went wild. Staying behind use to scare me a little as there were a lot of ghost stories. Walking to school and back from High St ...see more

My name is George Reese---and I am in the US. My relatives came mainly from Glamorgan, but a few from England. About 20 years ago, I started to research my family roots. My mother gave me a small Bible, that belonged to a young girl, who lived in Mountain Ash. In the Bible---Mountain Ash is referred to as Mount Ash. The Bible dates to the 1880s, and fortunately, the young girl wrote ...see more

I lived on Darren Road, my aunt took me in as an evacuee. My uncle, an electrican looked after the power staion. The pool I remember well, many a happy hour spent there, also the bowling green. Myself and friends used to spend a lot of time going over the bridge to the hillls collecting wimberrys, eating a lot but still able to get enough for a tart.

I have in my possession a copy of the 1911 census for Mountain Ash, which I hope is linked to my late mother's side of the family, anyway here goes: I want to know if there are any descendants of the following: GEORGE PRITCHARD born 1871 MANSELL LACY, Herefordshire SUSAN PRITCHARD born 1883 EARDISLEY, Herefordshire LILIAN PRITCHARD born 1904 ABERCYNON, Glam REGINALD PRITCHARD born 1906 MOUNTAIN ASH, ...see more