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Nostalgic memories of Waun Lwyd's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Where My Life Began
Mum, Ivy Ironmonger, and her sister, Edie, were evacuated from London during summer of 1944 and I was born on September 19th that year. Mum gave birth in the front bedroom of number 78 Excelsior Sreet, Waunlwyd, one of the first houses up the hill on the right, past the Parade .....not too far from the Park Hotel. The owners of the the house, Mr and Mrs Stacey, were lovely people and really looked after us ...see more
Waunlwyd, the Parade, Park Place c1955
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Added 21 October 2013

The Charles Family Home At 39 Cwm Road.
39 Cwm Road in 1946 The family home, at 39 Cwm Road, was on the ‘cellar side’, which was deemed to be an advantage, since the houses were three-storeyed and sported an extra kitchen, scullery and pantry, not present in those opposite. The front doors of the cellar terrace opened onto the middle floor. From the narrow passage, the doors to the left took you into the Parlour and the tiny ...see more
Waunlwyd, the Parade, Park Place c1955
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Added 07 October 2012

Waunlwyd
Just seen the photo of Park Place and couldn't resist commenting. The first shop is the post office with Dai and Lally stood out (a well liked couple). Next would be Rodgers the butchers, then Jessie Smith's the greengrocer, then Don Brake's the grocer, then a private house occupied by the Law family. Next was Manship's hairdressers and finally Mrs Warren's haberdashery, later to become Clists chip shop. I left Waunlwyd ...see more
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Added 11 July 2011

The Village
I left the village in 1960. I attended the local junior and infant school. The teachers I recall were Miss Whitehead, Miss Jenkins, Miss James, Granny Chancellor (she was a lovely lady who taught most of our parents also, those that brought up in the village), Mr Hodge, Eric Finney and Mr Vaughn the Headmaster. Football, cricket, school sports days were up the Gagas and when the school football team played we went to ...see more
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Added 03 September 2010

Evacuation To Cwm 1940
My mother, Eunice Weeks, came from Cwm, went into service in Bristol and London at 13 years old. Married in Cwm 1938, lived in London where my brother was born in 1939. Our house was bombed so Mum evacuated to her family in Cwm. I was born at my grandmother's, 14 Emlyn Road, but lived with my great-grandmother, Elizabeth Sayce, at 6 King Street. I went to Duffryn School until I was 6, then we returned to ...see more
Waunlwyd, the Parade, Park Place c1955
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Added 06 May 2010

Waunlwyd 1955 1973
I was born in 1955 and lived in Waunlwyd until I went away to University in 1973. I remember this row of shops very well as I was entrusted to shop for family and relatives who would pay me a small fee that I was saving up for a school trip to Paris (that never took place). I remember Mr & Mrs Morgan in the Post Office - who I think you can see in the photo - with their corgi dog. Mr Morgan had the corniest ...see more
Waunlwyd, the Parade, Park Place c1955
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Added 15 April 2010

The Park Hotel Waunlwyd
I understand my late uncle's father, Arthur Miles Beale, along with his wife Janet Beale, nee Stanley, owned and ran the Park Hotel, until he sadly died behind the bar of a heart attack, I think sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s. It was before my time and now I have no one to ask about this. I would be most interested to find out when he did own it. My late uncle Frank Miles Beale would have been ...see more
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Added 19 July 2009