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Catching “taddies” in Pontypool
I’ve been living in my house at The Moorings, Newport for over 46 years. The name suggests some boating connection and, on the original plan for the houses, the open drainage ditch – calle… more →
Reminiscences of Old Pontypool
Steelers Fan Blitz
wrote 2 weeks ago: Lest you think I haven’t been posting because a baby has arrived…nope, just really busy … more →
Catching "taddies" in Pontypool
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been living in my house at The Moorings, Newport for over 46 years. The name suggests som … more →
Panteg Hospital, Pontypool and "Retlas" revealed
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wrote 1 year ago: PANTEG HOSPITAL Panteg Hospital was built in 1837 as a workhouse. As it was built on Coedygric Road, … more →
Titch's Secret Society Chapter 2
wrote 1 year ago: CHAPTER 2 Lost Ball Pontyrabad, according to the official holiday guide, was “a small peaceful Wel … more →
Titch's Secret Society Chapter 1
wrote 1 year ago: CHAPTER ONE Titch Has an Idea Four young boys were leaning in silence against the stone wall of the … more →
Index of this blog
wrote 1 year ago: As the number of posts on my blog is now considerable, I am publishing a page index below so that vi … more →
Ragtime comes to Pontypool
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wrote 1 year ago: Ragtime music was at its peak between 1897 and 1918. The main characteristic of this genre was its r … more →
The Queen's Ballroom Pontypool
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wrote 2 years ago: In a recent telephone conversation I had with my friend, Eric Smith, he was telling me that a lot of … more →
Old photographs of Pontypool carnival in the park
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wrote 2 years ago: Here are some more of the photographs sent in by Terry Stunden. These are all about the carnival whi … more →
Surprises in disguises
wrote 2 years ago: Visitors who have been following the posts in this blog for some time might remember one about my se … more →
A great revelation in Haden Street
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wrote 3 years ago: Some of the posts in this blog appear because of an email or phone call I sometimes receive which re … more →
Drama in Pontypool
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wrote 4 years ago: You might have seen the recent TV series where the question is asked: “What have we done to … more →
Pontypool's Secret Society
wrote 4 years ago: Few people know that, in 1945, there was set up in Pontypool a secret society which operated cland … more →
The games we used to play in Pontypool
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wrote 4 years ago: Despite all the doom and gloom preached today about global warming, the warmest decade in living m … more →
World War II shipbuilders of Pontypool
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wrote 4 years ago: It’s not widely known that, during World War II, two fleets of ships were built in Pontypool: … more →
Climbing the mountain with the help of Watkins the tinsmith
wrote 4 years ago: One day, as I was playing inside my house at 7 Wern Terrace, I heard a rather peculiar clanking so … more →
Pontypool park for fun, frolics and fairs
wrote 4 years ago: Putting green, Pontypool park 1948 My house is a split-level with the lounge and kitchen upstairs … more →
Going to the pictures in Pontypool
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wrote 4 years ago: My friend, Eric Smith, who lived next door, had a sister who was considerably older than he was. Lik … more →
Comics, magazines and other literature
wrote 4 years ago: Having two older brothers, there was always a plentiful supply of boys’ books and literature a … more →
