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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: Games and adventures, SchoolDays

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

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: Games and adventures, SchoolDays, games we played, Cricket, Football, Marbles, conkers, jackstones, cigarette cards

World War II shipbuilders of Pontypool

amos2008 wrote 12 months ago: It’s not widely known that, during World War II, two fleets of ships were built in Pontypool: … more →

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

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, Games and adventures, scenery, Places around Pontypool, mountain climbing, rusty tin sheds, railway track, Watkins the tinsmith, water churn

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: Games and adventures, scenery, SchoolDays, Carnival, Fun Fair, Playground, Pontypool park, pool and stream, putting course

Going to the pictures in Pontypool

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: My friend, Eric Smith, who lived next door, had a sister who was considerably older than he was. Lik … more →

Tags: going to the pictures, Pontypool's cinemas, Children's films, Picturegoer magazine, Pavilion, Park Cinema, Royal Cinema, continuous performances

Comics, magazines and other literature

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: Having two older brothers, there was always a plentiful supply of boys’ books and literature a … more →

Tags: Comics, Magazines, Wizard, hotspur, Rover, adventure, John Bull, Teddy Tail, Literature

Arriving in Pontypool

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: One of my favourite comic characters, Popeye the Sailorman, made his entry into the world the same y … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, School, Infants, percussion band, A for apple, Rocking Horse, eric smith, 7 Wern Terrace, Infants' School staff photograph


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