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Post by carron on Mar 6, 2006 15:19:16 GMT 1
I remember the shop in Balaclava Road where you could buy a ton of sweets for 5d. My favourites were the flying saucers and seeing how long they would take to melt in your mouth. I sometimes used to keep my "weekly" bus money just for the shop especially in the warm weather, I just couldn't have traipsed up the Rocky Road in bad weather, sweets or no sweets! I remember the sherbert, the yellow one used to give you what looked like badly nicotine stained fingers!. There was also the rainbow sherbert, which looked like rainbow in the jar but not when you bought it. Just remembered those black little tablet type sweets that were supposed to be liquorice flavoured. What were they called? they came in a tin box and Bazooka Joe chewing gums.
Honestly I didn't spend all my time in the shop, didn't have the money in those days. In fact if you didn't make your mind up what you wanted straight away, you were out no messing, no customer service in those days!!
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Post by Elaine Morris on Apr 28, 2006 22:18:32 GMT 1
whats the name of the oldest school in Troedyrhiw one that would have been open in 1885 say or there abouts
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Post by Malcolm on Sept 26, 2006 15:10:35 GMT 1
I'm not a Catholic but I remember going to watch the Corpus Christi in the early 60's (living in Walter Street then). Also had to endure the 50 steps constantly going from my grandparents house in Hayden Tce up to my Aunt's house in Mitchell Cresent. Also remember the sweet shop (Peggy's)in Balaclava Road in the 60s . She was/is a friend of my mothers & always said what good business she did from the school opposite.
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Post by kenkitty on Feb 13, 2007 0:06:38 GMT 1
I THINK THEY WERE CALLED ZUBS
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Post by kenkitty on Feb 13, 2007 0:09:10 GMT 1
MY FATHER HAD A CARPENTERS SHOP IN WALTER ST I'm not a Catholic but I remember going to watch the Corpus Christi in the early 60's (living in Walter Street then). Also had to endure the 50 steps constantly going from my grandparents house in Hayden Tce up to my Aunt's house in Mitchell Cresent. Also remember the sweet shop (Peggy's)in Balaclava Road in the 60s . She was/is a friend of my mothers & always said what good business she did from the school opposite. |
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Post by katherine on Jun 10, 2007 9:10:29 GMT 1
My mam went to St.Illtyds in the 50,s and remembers all what yr all saying.Does anyone remember her Carol Horrigan,she also had 3 sisters and 1 brother some of them went there to.
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Post by paul1820 on Oct 4, 2007 12:01:02 GMT 1
yea i remember them teachers... Bill Duggan mr moran miss fuller and the rest miss fuller used to live near me when i lived in 10th avenue galon uchaf. i also remember that old tin school used to leak a lot in the rain. and also remember getting the bus home up the rocky road in 1963..bad winter..the bus did not make it to the top..we all had to get off and walk the rest of the way. good memories from that time. i dont see many of my old school mates now though.
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Post by chez on Oct 4, 2007 12:55:30 GMT 1
I didn't go to the school neither did I live in Merthyr, I just want to say reading about the sweets just brought so many fond memories of childhood [violins are playing] I remember the sherbet lollies and long liquorice with white centre, shrimps and salad and blackjack chews, mmmmm chez
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Post by paul1820 on Oct 5, 2007 15:20:08 GMT 1
THINK I POSTED THIS IN THE WRONG PLACE FIRST TIME...i went to st illtyds in 1959 and then onto the old tin school..does anyone remember...geofery thomas, phillip o leary, paul morgan, patrick mc carthy, paul grey, michael scammel, christopher bunn, brian reese, just to name a few. we were all at the old tin school around the same time..1962-66. good old days.
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Post by steve on Nov 27, 2007 22:08:49 GMT 1
Sorry, I put this in the wrong thread. Here goes again. Does anyone remember the teachers in St. Illtyds School, Dowlais while I was there may years ago. Mr Bill Duggan, Mr Hennessy who would as a treat, if it was your birthday, give you pop and ice-cream in a glass, Mrs Jenkins, Mr Sullivan, Mrs Ferron, Ms Fitzgerald, Ms Farrell, Mrs Buckley, Miss Foley who was at one time the headmistress, Mrs Regan who to a shy six year old was the kindest person in the world. Mr & Mrs Price who both went on to teach at Bishop Hedley School. Sadly many of them are no longer with us. |
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Post by steve on Nov 27, 2007 22:26:41 GMT 1
hi i remember the rooms under the Church do any one remember mrs o tool
who used to sell pop and sweets im going back a long time now
i was there early fiftys often wounder how my old school friends are doing
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Post by bynwalters on Dec 14, 2007 4:34:50 GMT 1
In reply to Elaine Morris the oldest school in Troedyrhiw was either the 'National School' built in 1863, or the 'British School' also built in the early 1860's.
I,ve since discovered that the Plymouth Works school was added to Troedyrhiw Church. The Church was consecrated in January 1853 and prior to January 1856 the boys of the school underwent their annual examination before breaking up for the Christmas holidays.
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