My Poor Upbringing By Teresa Shackell/Torrington

A Memory of Usk.

I was brought up in gwehelog no usk very poor and I can ember vividly very hungry most of the time oh and ice inside the windows I was so cold yet we had coal or rather wood from our local fields we used to call it top woods bottom woods when I say we I mean I had three brothers who I certainly looked up to at times. I would like to add I how have one brother left he lives in nz too far for me to go sadly . My top memories was spending quality fun times with my beloved nana who lived over the bridge in usk I remember when usk had very bad floods and boats used to pick up as many of the folk and take them to safety I'm nana and I was picked up in those boats she was lovely to me still not a lot of food there either but I loved her so much she died when she was 99 I believe my memory recalls I lived in gwehelog and I reg walked down to usk I loved walking I now live in Cardiff and I'm not too keen of that I would much prefer to go back home but that's life one day I might though I married when is was just 18 sadly he died and I miss him a lot Ithat again is life for you neverthe less I have two wonderful children and they both have there own children who I adore life is one big circle following round and round I love my garden I have a small bungalow and that keeps me very busy not too good of neighbours though can't have it all I guess funnywell must go now Teresa Shackell/Torrington

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