Oxford Street: A memory of Pontycymer

Oxford Street

A Memory of Pontycymer.

The hill at the front, sharp left is indeed Alexandra Road and the pub is the Squirrel. The shop on the front left is Peglers Grocers and this became a Chinese Takeaway in about 1970 and is still one today. Just up from that is Emlyn Powell's butchers shop. Front right is Joe Polledri's cafe. Joe was a lovely man who only died about two years ago, well into his 90's. I remember that chewing gum machine well. Further up at number 21 is Morgan Roberts shoe shop where I was born in the flat underneath (21a) in December 1955. The shop is still open today. David Jones 17/3/08

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Lovely to read two names of people I remember..I was born in 1950 in the Post Office and then lived in a flat over Nancy Simons' green grocery: I remember 'Uncle' Morgan's shop where we called in most days for Beryl, his wife was an still is my mother's dear friend (my mother Joanne is 93...). I could look down from the back window of the shop and see the trains...'Uncle Joe' was another I remember well and did meet him some years back...he was intrigued to find that I had moved to Italy where I still live. Paul H Davies 26/12/2016

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