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Steelers Fan Blitz

silicasandra wrote 2 weeks ago: Lest you think I haven’t been posting because a baby has arrived…nope, just really busy … more →

Tags: Alisdair and the Terrific Twos, Family, Pictures], Pittsburgh, Steelers, Toddlers are Fun

Catching "taddies" in Pontypool1 comment

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been living in my house at The Moorings, Newport for over 46 years. The name suggests som … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Games and adventures, Places around Pontypool, Information, catching "taddies", garden pond, frog spawn, Pontypool Park lake, canal basin Pontypool

Panteg Hospital, Pontypool and "Retlas" revealed3 comments

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: PANTEG HOSPITAL Panteg Hospital was built in 1837 as a workhouse. As it was built on Coedygric Road, … more →

Tags: Pontypool people, Places around Pontypool, Information, Cecil Pritchard, Panteg Hospital, workhouse, mental hospital for women, Toc-H, film unit

Titch's Secret Society Chapter 2

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: CHAPTER 2 Lost Ball   Pontyrabad, according to the official holiday guide, was “a small peaceful Wel … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Games and adventures, Pontypool people, Places around Pontypool, Titch's Secret Society, Free e-book, Lost Ball, cricket on the common, Pontyrabad

Titch's Secret Society Chapter 1

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: CHAPTER ONE  Titch Has an Idea Four young boys were leaning in silence against the stone wall of the … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Games and adventures, scenery, Pontypool people, Places around Pontypool, Titch's Secret Society, Old Tower, Old Louis, Titch's book

Index of this blog

amos2008 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 →

Tags: Games and adventures, Important Events, Information, Places around Pontypool, Pontypool people, scenery, SchoolDays, wartime, Blog Page

Ragtime comes to Pontypool1 comment

amos2008 wrote 1 year ago: Ragtime music was at its peak between 1897 and 1918. The main characteristic of this genre was its r … more →

Tags: Pontypool people, Information, ragtime music, The Ragtimers, Maple Leaf Rag, Scott Joplin, Ragtime arrives in Pontypool, Pontypool Ragtimers

The Queen's Ballroom Pontypool1 comment

amos2008 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 →

Tags: Important Events, Information, Places around Pontypool, SchoolDays, wartime, NSPCC Children's Ball, Palais de dance, Queens Ballroom, sprung floor

Old photographs of Pontypool carnival in the park1 comment

amos2008 wrote 2 years ago: Here are some more of the photographs sent in by Terry Stunden. These are all about the carnival whi … more →

Tags: Games and adventures, Important Events, Information, Places around Pontypool, Pontypool people, carnival procession, Carnival Queens, judging the entires, missing bunch of grapes

Surprises in disguises

amos2008 wrote 2 years ago: Visitors who have been following the posts in this blog for some time might remember one about my se … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Games and adventures, disguise outfit, false moustaches, in disguise, little boy's daddy, Laughter

A great revelation in Haden Street1 comment

amos2008 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 →

Tags: SchoolDays, Games and adventures, Football Match!, Injury, naked Mum, Twmpath School field

Drama in Pontypool1 comment

amos2008 wrote 4 years ago:   You might have seen the recent TV series where the question is asked: “What have we done to … more →

Tags: SchoolDays, Games and adventures

Pontypool's Secret Society

amos2008 wrote 4 years ago:   Few people know that, in 1945, there was set up in Pontypool a secret society which operated cland … more →

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

The games we used to play in Pontypool5 comments

amos2008 wrote 4 years ago:   Despite all the doom and gloom preached today about global warming, the warmest decade in living m … more →

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

World War II shipbuilders of Pontypool2 comments

amos2008 wrote 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years ago: Putting green, Pontypool park 1948   My house is a split-level with the lounge and kitchen upstairs … more →

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

Going to the pictures in Pontypool1 comment

amos2008 wrote 4 years 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 4 years 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


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