John Street

[williams37linden]

Yes,

great grandparents in #90
us in #89
Idris James Williams and Patricia Williams

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Hi thanks for replying. I have searched the old grey matter and cannot remember your parents . maybe because I was a child when we lived in John street I remember the people who had children my age as we played together. I'm hoping more people will visit the site and respond as you did. It all helps to make people remember when reading other peoples memories
Regards Bet

[mummu]

How abot Patty Morris, william and Emrys williams,Marion Davies Pam davies , Alan Pearce, Hazel Gower. Just a few names I remember. My name was Muriel Bathurst and I lived at 79. But so far no one remembers me either!

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:)Hi Muriel , Marian davies seems to ring a bell .did she have red hair? if so I think I may have gone to school with her.People I remember are Ada and John Rees The Morgans and son Vincent Betty Evans and daughters, cheryl ,elaine and Gayner mrs Meek and granddaughter Moira. Mrs King and daughters Mabel and Norma and son Mansel .The Hughs Family 2 sons. Dai the uppholsterer, the James family DAI ,MAY and daughters Sian and carole. lorraine williams lived with grandparents. Edie and Len Watkins. The stanleys , Arthur , Iris and daughters Christine and lisbeth .
come on out there get the old grey matter working and try and remember your old friends and neighbours. or write your memories of merthyr down so that we can read them and it may help us to remember some more .
Regards BET

[williams37linden]

mummu said:

How abot Patty Morris, william and Emrys williams,Marion Davies Pam davies , Alan Pearce, Hazel Gower. Just a few names I remember. My name was Muriel Bathurst and I lived at 79. But so far no one remembers me either!

My mother, became Patricia Williams see above posts

[mummu]

Was Patty's mother called Marjorie. Did she live with her Grandmother like me. If so the last time I saw her she was living at Brecon road.
marion was the same age as me and went to Castle school. She married Bernard Altmeyer and last I heard was living in the Brecon area.
Moira was Queen at festival of Britain. I think her name was Meek but she was older than me. Her photo is on the John st. photos.
Well bet , you've certainly got my grey matter working.

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Hi muriel I do remember Moira Meek her nan lived a few doors away from us. I'm sure my dad has an old photo of her and me I was having a go on her bike. I'll have to see if I can dig it out and email to you.Do you remember the Gilroys Trevor and Doreen They lived your end of the street.also pat and Doreen Murphy doreen was my age but sister pat was older.
Keep using the grey matter and maybe we can recal some more people and events.
regards
Bet

[williams37linden]

mummu said:

Was Patty's mother called Marjorie. Did she live with her Grandmother like me. If so the last time I saw her she was living at Brecon road.
marion was the same age as me and went to Castle school. She married Bernard Altmeyer and last I heard was living in the .

Correct

[mummu]

See If she remmebers me. I left in 1956 to live in Essex, but kept coming back. Finally left in 1961 when I went to live in Germany with the RAF. I do get back to Glynneath abot twice a year and would love to meet up with anyone.

[mummu]

Well Bet, if I remember correctly, the Gilroys lived next door, and when my future husband came down the first time , he had to go there for a shave as he only had an electric razor and we only had gas!!

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Hi muriel i think it was trevor gilroy and not sure if his wife was doreen?
don't know if they had kids .I'll have to ask my dad.

[Byrion williams]

:Hi my name is Byron Williams sister Mari ,mother Gwladys farther Tom , we lived 22 John street 1952 to1966 went to Georgetown school and played on the coal tip at the top of the big hill, do you remember old Mrs Peters who sold fagots and peas and Arthur's shop where you could by sweets and cigarettes one at a time. Do you remember the cattle lorry losing its load of cows on the big hill and the cows running around georgetown in the early morning

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Hi Byron I do remember the old lady that sold the faggots but I could'nt remember her name.
I do remember Arthurs shop we always spent our pocket money in there.
I have made a reference to it in Betty Tully's memories which Alan posted in Memories of Merthyr I have listed most of the people I remembered
If you get time you may like to read it as It may bring back mem.ories for you too.Thanks for replying as I now know that the old lady that sold the faggots was Mrs Peters. every little helps when trying to jog the memory. I don't remember the cattle truck but that could have been after we left in 1960.

[mummu]

There was also Morgans shop on the corner of George st. I t was kept by two sisiters, who if I remember correctly werevery religious. also Rawsons? in Bethesda st. They had a tv and at the coronation remember a crowd of us in the shop trying to see through a gap in the curtain leading to the living quarters.

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muriel i do remember the two old ladies that had the corner shop was it called Morgans?
Rawsons was the one in Bethesda st I always remember the counters being very high in there .