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Drama in Pontypool1 comment

amos2008 wrote 9 months ago:   You might have seen the recent TV series where the question is asked: “What have we done to … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Pastimes and hobbies

Pontypool's Secret Society

amos2008 wrote 10 months ago:   Few people know that, in 1945, there was set up in Pontypool a secret society which operated cland … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Pastimes and hobbies, Q.O. Secret Society, Free Offers, toy gun, disguise outfit, met in shed, aeroplanes flew well

The games we used to play in Pontypool2 comments

amos2008 wrote 11 months ago:   Despite all the doom and gloom preached today about global warming, the warmest decade in living m … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Pastimes and hobbies, games we played, Cricket, Football, Marbles, conkers, jackstones, cigarette cards

World War II shipbuilders of Pontypool

amos2008 wrote 11 months ago: It’s not widely known that, during World War II, two fleets of ships were built in Pontypool: … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Pastimes and hobbies, model ships, fretwork, making catamaran, wrecked boat, wood in wartime, putty for holes, shipbuilders of Pontypool

Christmas time in old Pontypool1 comment

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: I’m writing this on Christmas Eve and remembering all those Christmases I spent in Pontypool a … more →

Tags: Important Events, Christmas in Pontypool, a round of parties, a secret smoke, party-games, party tricks, Woolworths closing

Climbing the mountain with the help of Watkins the tinsmith

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago:   One day, as I was playing inside my house at 7 Wern Terrace, I heard a rather peculiar clanking so … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, scenery, Places around Pontypool, Pastimes and hobbies, mountain climbing, rusty tin sheds, railway track, Watkins the tinsmith, water churn

The Grotto in Pontypool Park

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago:   The climb to the Grotto in 1948 In my previous posting I mentioned all the fun and games we had as … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, scenery, Pontypool people, Places around Pontypool, Information, Pontypool Grotto, Shell House, Molly Anne Meirs, Hanbury family

Pontypool park for fun, frolics and fairs

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: Putting green, Pontypool park 1948   My house is a split-level with the lounge and kitchen upstairs … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, scenery, Pastimes and hobbies, Pontypool park, putting course, Tennis Courts, Playground, pool and stream, Carnival

Osborne Cottage at Pontnewynydd4 comments

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: Osborne Cottage by Fred Hando 1960   Most people in Pontypool will know of Osborne Road; some of the … more →

Tags: scenery, Places around Pontypool, Osborne Cottage, large garden, fruit bushes, two staircases, Grandparent's Home, loved to visit, Chickens


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